Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: OZY Media has set a border immigration television movie at Lifetime as part of its Ripped From The Headlines strand.The drama is the first scripted project to emerge from the company’s first-look deal at A+E Networks signed earlier this year.
OZY Media was set up in 2013 by former CNN and MSNBC anchor Carlos Watson and former Goldman Sachs exec Samir Rao.The project is based on an article from its reporting arm – Meet The Reporter Who Made America Listen To The Children At The Border.The story is based on reporting from Ginger Thompson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ProPublica reporter and former New York Times Mexico City bureau chief, who broke the story of the conditions of young children.
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