The great documentarian Errol Morris had a new film in limited theaters this month based on Jacob Soboroff’s book, Separated: Inside an American Tragedy. Separated uses Morris’ typically stylish aesthetic to combine archival footage, interviews, dramatizations, and music to tell the story of the family separation policy from 2017 to 2018 under President Donald Trump’s administration, and the ramifications of it ever since. The film was set to be aired on television as well, with NBC News Studios co-producing it from the beginning, and MSNBC acquiring distribution rights. But instead of airing this pertinent documentary before the election, which has centered so much on the border, the executives at NBC postponed it.
People are criticizing MSNBC for choosing to shelve the new documentary about Trump’s child separation policy until Dec. 7, 2024. Read More