advocacy
Building Narrative Power
By giving formerly incarcerated people the resources to tell their stories through film, Represent Justice is showing how storytelling has a central role to play in decarceral work.
television and film
7 posts in ‘television and film’
advocacy
The Oscars in Solitary Confinement
‘The Alabama Solution’ was nominated for an Academy Award. Meanwhile, its incarcerated filmmakers are in lockdown because there’s no legal protections for imprisoned whistleblowers.
Defending Prison Journalism
“I Want to Find the Connectedness in Everyone.”
The nation’s best-known prison journalist discusses his book ‘The Tragedy of True Crime’ and the challenges faced by those who write from inside.
culture
The Prison Spectacle
How reality TV turns incarceration into entertainment—and helps strengthen the very systems of violence it claims to expose.
culture
Punishment TV
We are fighting to end carceral reality TV—including shows such as ‘60 Days In’—because no one should profit from punishment.
in conversation
Returning to Freedom
A PBS series on reentry is exposing audiences to how people leaving prison grow, heal, and thrive despite their past.
excerpt
Copaganda
How pop culture helped turn police officers into rock stars — and Black folks into criminals.