Inhospitable
Inhospitable
Inhospitable
Inhospitable tells the revealing and heartbreaking story of a North Carolina man’s detention by ICE, and his community’s fight to keep him from being deported.
Live Episode: Wild Goose Festival
In this episode, we tell the story of Inhospitable at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina. Hear a summary of the story so far and Q&A with festival-goers. Inhospitable tells the revealing and heartbreaking story of a North Carolina […]
Oct 17, 2019
43 min
Episode V: What’s Next?
In this episode, we talk with immigration activists and experts about misconceptions about immigration and conduct a roundtable of the pastors at Greenwood Forest Baptist Church about the role of communities (faith-based and otherwise) in the current immigration climate.
Jun 5, 2019
39 min
Episode IV: “It was my turn.”
Eventually, the seemingly inevitable outcome came and Gilles was taken from Atlanta and deported. This episode chronicles his deportation and what deportation means for the country and the world.
May 9, 2019
38 min
Bonus Episode: Live Show @ Greenwood Forest Baptist Church
This special live episode in a question and answer format was recorded at Greenwood Forest Baptist Church in Cary, NC, Gilles' home congregation in the United States. It was recorded in between the third and fourth episodes of the series.
Apr 15, 2019
45 min
Episode III: “So what, maybe it is a concentration camp?”
The massive immigration detention system in the United States is one-of-a-kind, and it's repeatedly come under scrutiny for it's treatment of immigrants and its financial practices.
Mar 20, 2019
47 min
Episode II: “You pretty much already have to be dead.”
There are no clear and simple pathways to citizenship in the United States, but avenues to temporary statuses at least used to be more available. How, then, did Gilles first arrive in the United States? The story begins across the world in the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville.
Feb 27, 2019
50 min
Episode I: “They trapped me, pastor”
I remember sitting in the conference room when Gilles called for the first time from York Detention Center in SC and the sadness and anger and fear that was in his voice and the distress in his voice when he said “Pastor! Pastor! they trapped me!”
Feb 13, 2019
50 min
Inhospitable Trailer
Inhospitable tells the revealing and heartbreaking story of a North Carolina man’s detention by ICE, and his community’s fight to keep him from being deported.
Jan 15, 2019
1 min