Film Schedule
This Year’s Lineup
This year’s films dive into the life of the incarcerated, both during prison and after release.
Screening: October 29, 2022 11:30 am
Running Time: 33 minutes
When a kind-hearted prison officer (Oscar Isaac) is transferred to the letter room, he soon gets involved in an inmate’s personal affairs…
Screening: October 29, 2022 11:30 am
Running Time: 33 Minutes
Damon Cooke is an inmate with a life sentence at Solano State Prison for an attempted murder conviction. This is a story about the path that led him there, what he’s done in his thirty years of incarceration, and his fight for parole in a criminal justice system that will go to great lengths to keep inmates inside.
Screening: October 29, 2022 11:30 am
Running Time: 15 Minutes
When he was 16, Roberto Luca was sentenced to life in prison. 30 years later, Roberto is released after reforming from his violent past. Searching for redemption, Roberto helps other released lifers (people who have been sentenced to life in prison) change their lives and re-enter society.
Screening: October 29, 2022 11:30 am
Running Time: 23 Minutes
A group of men, formerly incarcerated together at Folsom Prison, share their most personal insights about practicing centering prayer while serving time. The film, also featuring men currently at Folsom, is an intimate testament to inner transformation.
Screening: October 29, 2022 1:30 pm
Running Time: 15 Minutes
After the racially charged shooting of an unarmed teenager, an officer of color must decide whether to stand on the side of the law or seek justice for his community.
Screening: October 30, 2022 11:30 am
Running Time: 16 Minutes
Fighting for her last connection in a system designed to isolate her, pregnant Aria applies to an in-prison nursery program. She is determined to keep her baby close and turn her life around; however when Aria goes into labor she faces her biggest challenge yet. This character-driven short is based on a true story.
Screening: October 30, 2022 11:30 am
Running Time: 17 Minutes
A formerly incarcerated woman turned activist fights to legally end the shackling of incarcerated pregnant people in Georgia.
Screening: October 30, 2022 2:15 pm
Running Time: 85 Minutes
A Woman on the Outside is a tender portrait of one family striving to love in the face of a system built to break them.
Screening: October 30, 2022 2:15 pm
Running Time: 10 Minutes
Cambodian American refugee Chanthon Bun was convicted of second-degree robbery at 19 and lost legal protection to live in the U.S. Experiencing freedom after two decades, he is now threatened by the potential of deportation.
Screening: October 30, 2022 2:15 pm
Running Time: 40 Minutes
Each year, over 600,000 people return from jail or prison to our communities, where they face countless barriers to employment, housing, and reintegration. The film explores the challenges of reentry and the role communities can play in reducing these barriers. Viewers will hear from four storytellers–George, Shaquan, Sing and Armando–who share portions of their life stories, illuminating the common threads that run through the experiences of many of the over two million people incarcerated in the U.S.
