Separated
Based on NBC News Political and National Correspondent Jacob Soboroff’s book, Oscar winner Errol Morris merges bombshell interviews with government officials and artful narrative vignettes tracing one migrant family’s plight. Together, they show that the cruelty at the heart of this policy was its very purpose. Against this backdrop, audiences can begin to absorb the US government’s role in developing and implementing policies that have kept over 1,300 children without confirmed reunifications years later, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Errol Morris Director · Paul Leonard-Morgan Composer Igor Martinović Cinematographer
United States release October 4, 2024 · Produced in United States · Production Participant, Fourth Floor Productions
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NBC News Studios
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Fourth Floor Productions
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Moxie Pictures
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United States
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English
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English
Release dates
Italy · August 29, 2024
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · October 4, 2024
Theatrical
United States · December 17, 2024
Digital
United States
August 31, 2024 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
October 8, 2024 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
October 19, 2024 · Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
October 26, 2024 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
December 7, 2024 · TV · MSNBC
Australia
February 8, 2025 · Premiere · Antenna Documentary Film Festival
July 6, 2025 · Premiere · Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
April 12, 2025 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
India
November 8, 2024 · Premiere · Dharamshala International Film Festival
Poland
November 6, 2024 · Premiere · American Film Festival
November 24, 2024 · Premiere · Watch Docs Film Festival
South Korea
September 12, 2025 · Premiere · DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
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