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Missing in Brooks County is a 2020 feature-length documentary (1 hr 21 m), directed and filmed by Lisa Molomot and Jeff Bemiss. Its subject is the passage of illegal migrants through Brooks County, Texas , and specifically how thousands die of dehydration and exposure hiking some 35 miles (56 km) across open fields in 100 °F (38 °C) heat, to ...
Nov 2, 2021 · Missing in Brooks County: Directed by Jeff Bemiss, Lisa Molomot. With Nora Lopez, Eduardo Canales, Craig Johnson, Maria Elena Román. Two families search for their loved ones who went missing in the fields of Brooks County, Texas, and find a haunted land with more questions than answers.
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- Jeff Bemiss, Lisa Molomot
- 2021-11-02
A film about the search for vanished migrants in rural South Texas, where the deadliest part of a migrant's journey is just beyond the border. Follow activist detective Eddie Canales as he tries to uncover the mysteries and confront the facts of life and death in Brooks County.
Premieres January 31, 2022. Check out all our films: https://www.pbs.org/show/independent-lens/Official Website: pbs.org/brookscounty | #BrooksCountyPBSMigra...
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Oct 13, 2021 · We also speak with filmmaker Lisa Molomot, co-director of the new documentary “Missing in Brooks County,” which follows the story of two families searching for lost loved ones who went...
Two families arrive in Brooks County, Texas to look for their loved ones who went missing after crossing into the country from Mexico. On their search they meet vigilante ranchers, human smugglers, humanitarian activists, and Border Patrol agents, all of whom are locked in a proxy version of the national immigration debate.
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