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In September 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used an undercover recruiter to lure 49 Venezuelan migrants onto the island of Martha’s Vineyard with a false promise of jobs and housing — a stunt which fueled a political and media firestorm. “Martha’s Vineyard v. DeSantis” tells this story through the personal lens of four migrant cousins who now live on the Vineyard, and the lead attorneys and Texas sheriff who are aggressively fighting back against DeSantis and his cronies.
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Screening will be followed by a discussion moderated by journalist Charlie Sennott with lead attorneys Rachel Self and Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, and Mass. State Representative Dylan Fernandes, filmmakers Kate David and David Heilbroner, along with four Venezuelan cousins from the film, who now live on the Vineyard.
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A 45-minute film produced for MSNBC Films by Oscar-nominated filmmakers

Kate Davis and David Heilbroner.

SPONSORED BY MSNBC FILMS

Co-presented with The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society and Circuit Arts.
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Rachel M. Self, attorney and criminal lawyer, was selected by Boston Magazine and Superlawyers as a top immigration attorney and was honored for the Eleventh year by The National Trial Lawyers: Top Trial Lawyers.

Iván Espinoza-Madrigal is the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights. Iván won dozens of major civil rights cases, and was recently recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.The National LGBT Bar Association named him a Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40, and the Boston Business Journal included Iván in its “Top 40 Under 40” list.

Dylan Fernandes, a Falmouth resident, represents the Cape and Islands in the Massachusetts State Legislature.

Phot by Vineyard Gazette photographer Jeanna Shepard

Filmmakers Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, long-time Vineyard residents, were Oscar-nominated for Traffic Stop (HBO), and their other social justice films have won two Peabody Awards, an Emmy, the NAACP Image Award, and for Southern Comfort, Kate won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Grierson Award, among others.David’s award-winning film on Dionne Warwick, Don’t Make Me Over, was released on CNN Films.

Moderator Charles Sennott, a Vineyard resident, is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The GroundTruth Project, which supports young journalists. Longtime Middle East bureau chief for The Boston Globe, Sennott is also a correspondent for PBS FRONTLINE, best selling author and Emmy Award-winning documentary producer.