ICE conducted the largest immigration
raids in US history at slaughterhouses in the past year, arresting
and deporting undocumented workers. Despite the danger to herself and
her family, former slaughterhouse worker Susana returns to the scene
at night to care for animals on their way to the kill floor.
Biography:
Laura Gamse's work
has been featured on NPR, the National Geographic Channel and
Netflix, and covered in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Her first documentary, The Creators: South Africa Through the Eyes
of Its Artists, was named Best Documentary at the National
Geographic Society’s All Roads Film Festival. She is currently in
post-production on Brigidy Bram, a feature documentary whose
shorter incarnation was named Best Short Film at the Bahamian Oscars.
