

Santuario
Season 4 Episode 5 | 25m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
After 25 years in the US, a grandmother threatened with deportation takes sanctuary.
After 25 years of living in the United States, Guatemalan grandmother Juana Ortega is threatened with deportation and soon takes sanctuary in a small North Carolina church. As time passes, and state lawmakers continue to ignore the family's pleas for a stay on her deportation, Juana's spirits slowly sink. And yet, Juana is patient that in God's house, God will answer her prayers.
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Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.

Santuario
Season 4 Episode 5 | 25m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
After 25 years of living in the United States, Guatemalan grandmother Juana Ortega is threatened with deportation and soon takes sanctuary in a small North Carolina church. As time passes, and state lawmakers continue to ignore the family's pleas for a stay on her deportation, Juana's spirits slowly sink. And yet, Juana is patient that in God's house, God will answer her prayers.
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Clip: S4 Ep5 | 1m 15s | Juana’s daughter shops for groceries for her mother and opens up about her own struggles. (1m 15s)
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Clip: S4 Ep5 | 1m 22s | Juana has lunch with church members who defend their position on Sanctuary status. (1m 22s)
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