The Real Death Valley: The Untold Story of Mass Graves and Migrant Deaths in South Texas

Synopsis

In "The Real Death Valley," The Weather Channel reveals the little-known story of hundreds of migrants who have died in the sweltering Texas brush over the past five years while attempting to evade a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint that's not even on the border - in fact it's 70 miles inside the United States. "'The Real Death Valley' is an important story that needs to be told," said Emmy-winning correspondent John Carlos Frey. "We take viewers on the same four-day, 40-mile trek, through tough terrain and sweltering heat that's taken by the migrants themselves. And we ride with law enforcement as they discover migrant corpses, up to four a week during the hot summer months. I think it soon becomes clear why so many people are losing their lives." "The Real Death Valley" was produced by the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning team of Solly Granatstein and Shawn Efran for Weather Films, the award-winning digital documentary unit of weather.com.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Solly Granatstein Shawn Efran
	Executive Producer	Shawn Efran Neil Katz Greg Gilderman Solly Granatstein Marisa Venegas
Editing	Editor	Brandon Keiffer
Camera	Director of Photography	Lucian Read
Sound	Music	Nathan Matthew David
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