a whistleblower, a nurse, working in a georgia immigration and customs enforcement ice facility. leveling, honestly ghastly allegations. the complaint alleges that the facility like protection against coronavirus for detained immigrants. we didn t have anything to sanitize with, we didn t have the proper ppe. the first case of covid in the facility, it was covid is not here in this facility. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] women in that facility, migrant women say that the doctor was performing procedures for which no medical indication existed. they say you re going to do
pandemic, and the sort of this move by all of us to start using video communication tools, it made it possible for me to get inside an ice facility, but i probably never would have been able to get into otherwise. the detention center at one point, and i wrote about this in the new york times magazine story that i published last year, did sever my access to the video app. and some of the people inside lost access to the tablets that they ve used, to have these conversations. i was able to sign back up, and sign back in, and continue to have these conversations, and collecting footage that ultimately resulted in the documentary at the facility. but it allowed you, in some ways, to least briefly take us into the facility, which i think made you stand out. let us take nilson. he didn t know why he was held for as long as he was held, and he is not quite sure how he is released, at least as far as the film is concerned. can you fill in some of the
center in georgia. during the first weeks of the pandemic. how s everybody doing? how you thinking about what s happening out here? this coronavirus thing. everybody is here under a lot of stress. we see what s happening outside. and how fast it s moving. once it gets in here we re all at risk. the facility airs in a few minutes. at 2:00 p.m. eastern. part of the holiday marathon. the director of the film is joining me now. congratulations. you have accolades coming at you. the film the facility exposes from the inside the experiences and treatments of immigrants in this ice facility. first of all, how you began this investigation exfloodplain to us and how you were able to get this footage?
that kind of video access. in fact, you know, in a way, the pandemic and the sort of this move by all of us to start using video communication tools, it made it possible for me to get inside of an i.c.e. facility that i probably never would have been able to get into otherwise. the detention center at one point, and i wrote about this in the new york times magazine story that i published last year, did suffer my access to the video app and some of the people inside lost access to the tablets that they used to have these conversations. i was able to sign back up and sign back in and continue having these conversations. and collecting footage that ultimately resulted in the documentary, the facility. but it allowed you to take us into the facility, which i think made yours stand out. let s take nilson. he doesn t know why he was held for as long as he was held, and he s not quite sure how he was