ACROSS Ep. 1: The River

About the film

ACROSS is the story of what happens when we set aside our politics and witness the humanity and faith of asylum seekers firsthand. Filmed in Honduras, Texas, and Illinois, this four-part documentary series 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. EPISODE 1: 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 also meet John Garland, lead pastor of the San Antonio Mennonite Church, whose community adopts Santos and her family as they get acclimated to life in a new country.