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'The Trade' intimately examines immigration's complexity

'The Trade' offers nuanced, intimate picture of the complexity of immigration

03/26/2020

PBS News Hour

'The Trade' intimately examines immigration's complexity

Clip: 3/26/2020 | 7m 21s

'The Trade' offers nuanced, intimate picture of the complexity of immigration

Immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border is among the most politically divisive issues of our time -- and often presented as black and white. But the second season of filmmaker Matthew Heineman's documentary series "The Trade" offers a complex, intimate and human picture of migrants, traffickers and the U.S. officials enforcing the law. Amna Nawaz talks to Heineman and producer Monica Villamizar.

03/26/2020

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