Festival Films
Directed By: Lynn Novick
Screening: September 29, 2019 1:00 pm
Running Time: 56 minutes
College Behind Bars, executive produced by Ken Burns, tells the story of a small group of incarcerated men and women struggling to earn college degrees in one of the most rigorous prison education programs in the US – the Bard Prison Initiative. Shot over four years in maximum and medium security prisons in New York State, the film reveals the transformative power of education.
Sunday, September 29th Schedule (PDT)
11:00 a.m. | Book Talk: Reginald Dwayne Betts
12:00 p.m. | Testif-I Living Library/Lunch
1:00 p.m. | Screening
College Behind Bars
Target Practice
Unarmed Man
2:30 p.m. | Screening
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight For Equality
4:10 p.m. | JOTFF Awards and Closing
