Directors: Lisa Molomot, Jeff Bemiss Producers: Lisa Molomot, Jeff Bemiss, Jacob Bricca, ACE
Description:
Two families search for their loved ones who went missing in the vast
ranch lands of Brooks County, Texas, the site of more migrant deaths
than anywhere else in the country. On their journey, they meet
vigilante ranchers, humanitarian activists, Border Patrol search and
rescue teams, and others locked in a proxy version of the national
immigration debate.
Biography:
Lisa
Molomot has been working in film for over 20 years, directing,
filming and editing documentaries. Her award-winning feature The
Hill tells the story of an immigrant neighborhood in New Haven,
CT and aired on America Reframed. Her award-winning shorts “School’s
Out” and “Teaching in Arizona” have had hundreds of screenings
and been featured on Slate.com, in The Atlantic, and on NPR.
In the spring of 2019, Lisa was a Fulbright scholar at The
International Migration Research Centre at the Balsillie School of
International Affairs in Ontario where she worked on Safe Haven,
a documentary about U.S. war resisters who apply for asylum in
Canada, and Soledad, a short documentary mixing live action
and animation about an asylum case.
Jeff
Bemiss is an Oscar-shortlisted writer and director who has worked
on shorts, features, and documentaries. Jeff recently directed the
dramatic web series pilot “Dream House,” based on a screenplay by
David Lally. He wrote and directed The Book and the Rose,
which won 27 festival awards internationally and was one of ten
semi-finalists for the Academy Award for Best Short Film. The film
aired on PBS and plays annually on network television. Jeff shot and
directed the award-winning short documentary “Coaching Colburn,”
a film about a young man with Fragile-X Syndrome. He also produced
and edited the short documentary “Recovering Lives” and produced
the feature film Rites of Winter.
Jacob
Bricca, ACE is an award-winning documentary editor who has worked
on over a dozen features, including Lost in La Mancha (IFC
Films) and the 2016 Sundance award winner The Bad Kids, now
streaming on Netflix. He last worked with Molomot on her feature The
Hill, which was broadcast on PBS. A member of the American Cinema
Editors, he is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona’s
School of Theater, Film & Television.
