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The inspirational true story of an All-American football star who was wrongly convicted. After a decade of prison and probation, Banks reclaims his dreams of playing in the NFL.
Two long-time friends have each been in and out of prison for more than thirty years. This film follows the men's divergent paths after their prison release. One wrestles with addiction and the other finds success through helping people.
“Rodney Stotts is one of only a handful of African American falconers in the country…He’s also a former drug dealer, inmate, single father, drive-by-shooting victim, and survivor of the crack epidemic…The Falconer is a story of second chances: for injured birds of prey, for an abandoned plot of land, for members of a stressed community, and for Rodney himself…Raptors are Rodney's passion, but he knows that falconry is not the sole escape from the life of poverty, violence and mass incarceration awaiting young people from his community.”
By nurturing puppies and training them to become service dogs for people with disabilities, four inmates at Concord Farm learn about self-assurance and responsibility.
"16 BARS follows four men who collaborate on an album with Grammy-winning artist Todd "Speech" Thomas...The unique music of the film serves as rare testimony to the raw and messy truth behind the criminal justice system's revolving door. Reaching into their difficult pasts, the inmates transform their various experiences, hopes, and fears into powerful songs."
After years of incarceration, a quiet, lonely woman is released to start a new life in a small, rural town. Unused to creating relationships with other people, Francine only finds solace in her connections with animals.
"After spending years in a Warsaw prison for a violent crime, 20-year-old Daniel is released and sent to a remote village to work as a manual laborer…When Daniel arrives in town, one quick lie allows him to be mistaken for the town's new priest...Though he has no training, his passion and charisma inspire the community. At the same time, his unconventional sermons and unpriestly behavior raise suspicions among some of the townsfolk…as he edges towards a dark secret that the community hasn't revealed in the confessional booth."
Just released from prison and placed on probation, Tijuana Jackson sets out to fulfill his dream of becoming a world renowned motivational speaker, but fails to comply with strict orders from his no-nonsense probation officer. A laugh out loud comedy.
Witness how three ex-convicts try to support themselves, reconnect with family, and overcome daily obstacles following their release from San Quentin State Prison in this documentary.
"Long Road Back seeks to reduce the fear and stigma experienced by those re-entering society after serving a term in prison."
Beyond the Wall emphasizes the necessity of community support and accessible guidance to prevent re-incarceration.
Ken Burns' four-part documentary series reveals the transformative power of education as twelve men and women try to earn college degrees in the rigorous Bard Prison Initiative.
Follow former prisoners through the challenges of their first year on parole. With unique access, the film goes inside the effort to change the way parole works in Connecticut and reduce the number of people returning to prison.
Two-thirds of convicts released from prison return behind bars within three years. Witness the hopeful stories of four parolees who prove that the tide of recidivism can be reversed, if former prisoners are given the support they need to reenter society.
See what it is really like for a person to make the radical transition from prison life to society through the stories of two men and one woman as they begin to construct new lives on the outside. We see them from the ecstatic moment of their first taste of freedom, to the inevitable frustrations, joys, and banality of life outside of prison. And finally, we see the people in either a successfully established life on the outside or a return to prison.
Insightful, irreverent, moving and unpredictable, this episode sets the record straight about what it's really like to go into prison and come out the other side.
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