Separated (2024): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2024, Separated is a documentary film directed by Errol Morris, running about 93 minutes.

What it’s about. Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Errol Morris confronts one of the darkest chapters in recent American history: family separations. Based on NBC News Political and National Correspondent Jacob Soboroff’s book, Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, Morris merges bombshell interviews with government officials and artful narrative vignettes tracing one migrant family’s plight. Together they show that the cruelty at the heart of this policy was its very purpose. Against this backdrop, audiences can begin to absorb the U.S. government’s role in developing and implementing policies that have kept over 1300 children without confirmed reunifications years later, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Who’s in it. Separated stars Gabriela Cartol as Self, Diego Armando Lara Lagunes as Self and Jacob Soboroff as Self.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Separated has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Separated page.

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