Expanding Sanctuary
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An immigrant mother emerges as a community leader during the historic campaign to end the sharing of the Philadelphia police database with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Expanding Sanctuary tells a rarely told story about a Latinx immigrant community’s successful journey to change legislation and protect families.
Thank you to our screening partner: Black Documentary Collective (BDC)
Directors Spotlight
Kristal Sotomayor
Director
Kristal Sotomayor is a nonbinary Peruvian American director, producer, and journalist. Their debut narrative short Las Cosas Que Brillan is supported by BlackStar. Their film Expanding Sanctuary (OTV/Kanopy) won the Philadelphia Filmmaker Award at BlackStar and Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens, which won Best LGBTQ Documentary at Poppy Jasper.
- Runtime
- 21 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- Spanish, English
- Director
- Kristal Sotomayor
- Cast
- Linda Hernandez
- Cinematographer
- Kristal Sotomayor
- Composer
- Jorge Corante
- Editor
- María Luisa Santos
- Producer
- Kristal Sotomayor
- Screenwriter
- Kristal Sotomayor
- Sound Design
- Nayuribe Montero Jiménez, Tinta Stereo Audiovisual
- Premiere
- East Coast