#JusticeonTrialFilmFestival2021
2021 Virtual Film Festival
This year’s festival will be streamed—with the exception of our Thursday, September 30th kickoff event which will be held both in-person and virtually. If you are in Southern California, please join us in Los Angeles for our September 30th kickoff event. More details to follow with registration.
Incarceration Nations
Directed By: Baz Dreisinger
September 30, 2021 6:00 pm - 90 minutes
Incarceration Nations is a mixed-media series about global mass incarceration narrated entirely by those who have lived incarceration around the world. Incarceration Nations exposes an international crisis while also spotlighting solutions.
Step Inside & Honor Yard
Double Feature Short
Directed By: Fritzi Horstman
October 1, 2021 3:10 pm - 16 minutes
Step Inside the Circle, beckons us to witness the damage done by childhood trauma, then ultimately guides us to embrace the extraordinary ability of the mind, body and spirit to heal. Honor Yard, filmed on the same day, continues the conversation about childhood trauma, focusing on the symptoms of trauma and the effects of living with adversity from childhood.
We Came to Heal
Directed By: H.O.L.L.A!’s Youth Organizing Collective (Y.O.C) and Faolan Jones
October 1, 2021 3:27 pm - 81 minutes
The spirit and purpose of “We Came to Heal” is to inspire hope, community organizing and youth lead intergenerational and intersectional healing for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. This documentary creation and purpose sits within a larger framework of community organizing and grassroots movement building.
Racially Charged
Directed By: Robert Greenwald
October 2, 2021 3:10 pm - 35 minutes
America’s Misdemeanor Problem exposes how our country’s history of racial injustice evolved into an enormous abuse of criminal justice power.
Fighting For Family
Directed By: Lan Nguyen
October 2, 2021 3:46 pm - 31 minutes
Fighting For Family tells the story of a family from the indigenous tribes of Vietnam separated by incarceration and deportation and their fight for reunification.
Tutwiler
Directed By: Elaine McMillion Sheldon
October 2, 2021 4:17 pm - 34 minutes
Tutwiler is a unique portrait of motherhood, showing women who give birth while incarcerated at one of America’s most notorious prisons struggling to stay connected with their children on the outside.
Changing the Game
Directed By: Dr. Stanley Andrisse
October 3, 2021 3:10 pm - 12 minutes
Changing the Game: Prison to Professionals is about helping individuals to pursue their innate excellence helping them tap into and reach their full potential.
Time
Directed By: Garrett Bradley
October 3, 2021 3:25 pm - 80 minutes
The film follows Sibil Fox Richardson (also known as Fox Rich), an entrepreneur, self-described abolitionist, author, and mother of six, as she fights for the release of her husband, Rob.
The Girl Inside
Directed By: 1 Girl Revolution, in partnership with BEHOLD
October 4, 2021 3:10 pm - 11 minutes
The Girl Inside features a look at the stories of incarcerated women within Cook County Jail and a life-changing academic course taught by Dr. Laura Biagi (formerly of DePaul University in Chicago) called, “Storytelling as a Healing Art.”
Testif-i: The Fight to Reunite
Limited Series
Directed By: Presented by A New Way of Life
October 4, 2021 3:16 pm - 26 minutes
Testif-i | Storytelling for Change is a multimedia initiative from A New Way of Life that aims to transform the public dialogue on mass incarceration through storytelling and the lived experiences of formerly incarcerated women. Testif-i will broaden the conversation to include perspectives and insights through the unique lens of gender, race and justice.
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