{
  "id": 13141454,
  "title": "Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard, Alisa Payne Board ICE-Themed Oscar Contender ‘Water Cooler’ As EPs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/geeta-gandbhir-sam-pollard-alisa-payne-board-ice-themed-oscar",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-09T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/water-cooler-executive-producer-announcement-1237150777/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award nominees Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard, and Alisa Payne are joining the Oscar-contending short documentary Water Cooler as executive producers. Emma V.F. directed the film, which she shot in the corridors of immigration court at Federal Plaza in New York City. Filming openly, V.F. captured scenes of jarring contrast: ICE agents engaged in […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}