STORY

Logline

Immigrant mother Linda Hernandez emerges as a community leader during the historic campaign to end the sharing of the Philadelphia police database with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Expanding Sanctuary tells a rarely told story about a Latinx immigrant community’s successful journey to change legislation and protect families.

FELLOWSHIPS

Supported through the 2018 Good Pitch Local: Philadelphia, 2019 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival Work-In-Progress Lab, 2020 North Shorts Fellowship and 2020 DCTV Shorts Docu Work-In-Progress Lab.

Support

THIS FILM WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF The Independence Public Media Foundation; GoodPitch Local: Philadelphia; If/Then North Shorts Fellowship and Grant; The Velocity Fund administered by Temple Contemporary at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; The Philadelphia Independent Media Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation; Leeway Foundation; Red Bull Arts Philadelphia Microgrant; The Bowery Presents; The Philadelphia Latino Film Festival; The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival; and Seed & Spark.