One of my favorite parts of film festivals is that the line-ups often include some smaller productions that gain a bigger platform via well-known and experienced creators eager to bring more awareness to a particular story or topic. That’s the case with the documentary Split at the Root which has Once Upon a Time star Lana Parrilla as an executive producer and prolific writer-producer Marti Noxon as a producer.
Directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Split at the Root puts the focus on mothers seeking asylum who are then separated from their children due to the Zero Tolerance Policy. Help comes in the form of a group of women throughout the US who team up to form Immigrant Families Together, a rapid response organization committed to reuniting these parents with their children.
With Split at the Root celebrating its world premiere out of SXSW, Parrilla and Noxon took the time to discuss how they got involved in the project and what it took to see the film through to fruition.
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