The Circle

October 3, 2022 by

Festival Films

The Circle

Directed By: Marlene McCurtis

Screening: October 30, 2022 11:30 am

Running Time: 8 Minutes

THE CIRCLE was written by nine men during a 10-week theatre workshop held on the A yard at the California State Prison in Los Angeles County. When all California prisons shut down during the middle of the workshop due to COVID-19, the men were unable to perform their work in front of a live audience. Instead, five actors from Project Re/Frame Ensemble, a theatrical group of formerly incarcerated individuals bring their words alive in this visual performance piece filmed on-location and on Zoom.

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Speakers

Allen Burnett

Allen Burnett, Project Rebound Liaison, Project Re/Frame Ensemble, is a California State University-Los Angeles Communication Studies major and promising author inspired by Social Justice and Prison Reform.

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Marlene McCurtis

Marlene McCurtis, a Firelight Media Documentary Lab alum, is a writer, filmmaker, and teaching artist. She has directed and produced for documentary series on A&E, Lifetime, PBS, The Discovery Channel, and NatGeo

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