Video Resources
Video Resources
Films and discussions on U.S. immigration detention, visitation, and the human cost of ICE custody.
Locked in a Box: Immigration Detention
About the film
“Locked in a Box” is an award winning short documentary (24 minutes) that follows the stories of individuals held in the U.S. Immigration detention system and those who visit them. The film traces the lives of individuals who fled their homelands in search of safety and freedom only to end up in U.S. prisons under a mandatory bed quota system run by Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE). Since the 1990’s there has been a massive expansion of the immigration detention system up to 34,000 immigrants in detention on any given day in approximately 200 different facilities, many of which are for-profit prisons. “Locked in a Box” helps strip away the political rhetoric to see the human cost of detention. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance supports the development of visitation ministries, legal orientation programs, and community-based services to those who are released in partnership and collaboration with Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service (LIRS). This film is the result of the collaboration between PDA and LIRS with local partners in the hope of inspiring its viewers toward action.
U.S. Immigration
Let's Talk | NPR
Immigration Nation
Netflix · 2020 · Limited Series
About the series
With unprecedented access to ICE operations and moving portraits of immigrants, this six-part documentary series takes a deep look at U.S. immigration during the Trump era. Filmmakers Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz follow enforcement work from 2017 to 2020, tracing raids, detention, deportation, and the human cost behind policy headlines. The full series streams on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80994107