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Director Greg Kwedar’s film introduces us to the innovative program founded at New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility located in Ossining,NY– the Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA). The script was inspired by John H. Richardson’s 2005 article in Esquire Magazine “The Sing Sing Follies” about a small group ofincarcerated men who since 1996 have been …
Songs add to the feelings & actions of the characters in Alice Walker’s musical version of the classic tale of sisterhood.
The story of a loveless wealthy family wracked by deception, greed, and murder.
Charlie, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, returns to Soviet Armenia, is arrested & imprisoned, his lifeline is watching a family thru his cell window,
Two former friends, separated when one went o prison, face each other in the boxing ring for the world championship title.
Archbishop Tutu as head of S.A.’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission engages in a tug of wills with a racist murderer while also seeking to discover the fate of a disappeared teenager.
Interviews with Substance Abuse Counselor/Reentry Specialist Louie Diaz & several former prisoners in MA reveal the difficulties of prisoners reentering society.
When the Taliban arrest hr father a young Afghan girl is forced to pose as a boy so she can leave the house unaccompanied for errands & work.
The early days of country/blues singer Huddie Ledbetter, from leaving home to playing in night spots through his several incarcerations to his “discovery” by John Lomax.
A documentary about a Black wife raising 6 children & running her business while working long hours to get the 60-year sentence of her imprisoned husband reduced.