Across Documentary Series
4 Episodes — Released weekly starting June 20
Filmed in Honduras, Texas, and Illinois, this four-part docuseries follows three women and their children who escaped abuse and violence in Honduras and Guatemala, and a Midwestern church that experienced a complete transformation in their hearts when they stopped seeing these families as news headlines and started treating them like brothers and sisters in Christ.
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Ep. 1: The River
Santos and her family recount their dangerous journeys from Honduras to Mexico and their time separated from each other in U.S. detention centers. They begin to reveal why they risked everything to cross the Rio Grande and seek asylum in the U.S. and how they’ve seen God walk alongside them. We a...
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Ep. 2: Hope(dale)
After a treacherous journey on foot, Jenifer and her 10-year-old daughter Lucia find themselves in the small farming town of Hopedale, IL. Hesitant at first to accept “illegals” into their community, Hopedale residents begin to see the reality of Jenifer and Lucia’s situation and are completely t...
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Ep. 3: The Valley of Darkness
John Garland travels to Honduras to understand why Santos, and so many others, leave their families and homes in search of safety and security in the U.S. He talks to Santos’ family, friends, and neighbors to understand the extreme darkness she was up against, and he witnesses how the local churc...
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Ep. 4: Miracles
In the final episode of ACROSS, we learn the outcome of Jenifer and Lucia’s case for asylum; we find out if Alejandra is released from a detention center in El Paso and reunited with her children; we witness an emotional reunion between a mother and her family after years apart, and we see Santos...
