American mothers fight for immigrants’ rights in Split at the Root, Linda Goldstein Knowlton’s powerful SXSX doc. Executive produced by Rosario Dawson and Lana Parrilla, it’s an intimate and inspir…
’s powerful SXSX doc. Executive produced by Rosario Dawson and Lana Parrilla, it’s an intimate and inspiring portrait of activism.
Under the Trump administration, immigration policies resulted in children being separated from their parents. One mother was Yeni González, whose story was aired on the radio. In order to be reunited with her kids, she needed someone to pay her bond, and drive her from Arizona to New York. New Yorker Julie Schwietert Collazo was listening, and she did just that.
“It’s so heartbreaking that the state attorney is sitting there googling in the middle of proceedings to try to discredit her,” she says of one of the asylum cases. “And so – what, the first thing that pops up, regardless of the source, is somehow now more credible than somebody who’s narrating her own life experience?!”
Rosayra Pablo Cruz, aka Rosy, is another engaging subject. After being separated from her two sons for 81 days, she became a passionate advocate for women who remained in detention. This follows her story closely, and also benefits from the charisma of her younger son, Fernando, who wipes tears from his eyes as he describes how much he adores his mother. There’s another tearful scene when Rosy meets an immigrant called Brenda, the pair hugging in recognition of their shared trauma.
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