From Beacon To The Border

In the summer of 2018 a group of outraged grandparents from Beacon NY took a road trip to McAllen Texas to protest the policy of separating migrant families at the US Mexican border.

“From Beacon To The Border” documents the Grannie’s journey from NY to Texas, and the growth of the Grannies Respond Movement from its origin as an idea into a nationwide network of hundreds of grandparents who assists immigrants and refugees at bus stations across the country, as they make their way to host families who house them as they await their court dates. It’s an inspiring story of a group of concerned citizens who have profoundly impacted many lives!

Community Screenings

Past Events

FilmsOnPurpose.org Event
Pleasantville Presbyterian Church March 7th 2019
Net Roots Nation July 11th 2019
Una Tierra, UN Corazôn One Earth One Heart - Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley in Bethlehem, PA July 30th, 2019
2/16 First Congregational United Church of Christ
2019 YOFIFest.
NewFilm Makers NYC 2019
Unison Theater New Paltz NY
Woodlands Community
Temple Vassar College
Fordham University
Old Dutch Church Kingston NY

Upcoming Events

3/21 10: 30 am Vassar Temple Poughkeepsie NY
3/25, 3/27 Sedona International Film Festival
4/19 Rye Free Reading Room. Rye NY
4/20 Socially Relevant Film Festival NYC Village Cinema

Meet the Grannies

30 Grannies and their supporters departed from New York City’s Union Square July 31, 2018 in two 15-seat vans and a camper. By the time the Grannies’ caravan reached the border, the group had picked up participants from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Florida, Oregon, Wisconsin, Illinois, Louisiana, driving vans, RVs, cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles.

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Filmmaker

Andrea DeGeorge Garbarini is a mother, Nurse and as a second career documentary film maker. She produced a film in 2010 “From The Ground Up” with Gage and Gage productions about the accomplishments of a group of 911 families post 911.

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