Followed by a discussion with the author Jacob Soboroff, moderated by David Helpern
Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Errol Morris incisively probes the darkest chapter in recent American history: family separations. Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family’s plight with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, Morris paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as over 1300 children remain separated today, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
“It’s illuminating in the most chilling way.” – RogerEbert.com
““Separated” is characteristically thorough and eye-opening.” – The Wrap
Jacob Soboroff is an NBC News Political and National Correspondent. He is the author of the forthcoming book Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster (January 2026) and the New York Times best seller Separated: Inside an American Tragedy. He is also an Executive Producer of Separated, a film based on his book, by Errol Morris. For his reporting on the Trump administration’s child separation policy, Soboroff received the Walter Cronkite Award for Individual Achievement by a National Journalist, the Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism and, in 2024, was named a recipient of the Yale University Poynter Fellowship in Journalism. He is also the recipient of a Ruben Salazar Journalism Award from the California Chicano News Media Association, and was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy® Award for his reporting from Haiti. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Nicole Cari and their two children.
David Helpern is an Academy Award nominated producer and director whose career includes both scripted drama and documentary filmmaking.
He received an Oscar nomination for his film, Hollywood on Trial, the seminal documentary chronicling the Hollywood blacklist era.
His recent work includes executive producing the noir inspired limited series, Monsieur Spade, with Clive Owen as the iconic detective Sam Spade, and the acclaimed documentary, Last Call at the Oasis which examines the global water crisis.
Based in Los Angeles and a longtime seasonal Island resident, David remains dedicated to telling stories that inform, engage, and resonate with audiences everywhere.
