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Welcome Strangers

Welcome Strangers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 16, 2020

Runtime

0h 21m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Welcome Strangers

Director

Dia Sokol Savage

Description

Every night at 6pm, just outside of Denver, Colorado, detained immigrants are legally released from an ICE facility onto unfriendly, industrial streets. Most of the men and women are asylum-seekers. They have little idea where they are and have nothing more than the clothes on their backs. Welcome Strangers is a short documentary that tells the story of Sarah Jackson, a young woman who searches the streets for these immigrants and invites them into her home. She is assisted by Oliver, the lead host, and over a thousand volunteers as they provide hospitality and help reunite the guests with their families.