Since I Been Down: Convicted children, now adults, create a true path to justice and healing from inside their prison walls. California Premiere!
“We dare say that a lot of the answers society is searching for (today) will be found in prison”
—Touré Zimbabwe
In 1993, Washington State voters passed the three-strikes law and sent children to prison for life without parole. Depicted in political discourse as irredeemable "superpredators," mainstream American culture promoted fear of these children, and it took root.
Although widely disavowed as racist and objectively wrong, in 2020, sixteen states continue to keep children in prison for life. Since I Been Down shows the power of these children, now adults, nearly forty years later, creating a true path to justice and healing from inside their prison walls.
California Premiere!
Awards l Doc NYC 2020 Audience Favorite l Social Justice Film Festival 2020 Gold Prize for Documentary Feature
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- Year2020
- Runtime105 mins
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorGilda Sheppard
- ScreenwriterSaman Maydani
- ProducerGilda Sheppard, Saman Maydani, June Nho Ivers
- Co-ProducerVital Project Fund, Riverstyx Foundation, Maritz Family Foundation, Satterberg Foundation, Fabian's Fund, City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture
- FilmmakerGilda Sheppard
- CastKimonti Carter, Tonya Wilson, Mary Flowers, Jeff Ellis, Detective John Ringer, Detective Barry McColeman
Since I Been Down: Convicted children, now adults, create a true path to justice and healing from inside their prison walls. California Premiere!
“We dare say that a lot of the answers society is searching for (today) will be found in prison”
—Touré Zimbabwe
In 1993, Washington State voters passed the three-strikes law and sent children to prison for life without parole. Depicted in political discourse as irredeemable "superpredators," mainstream American culture promoted fear of these children, and it took root.
Although widely disavowed as racist and objectively wrong, in 2020, sixteen states continue to keep children in prison for life. Since I Been Down shows the power of these children, now adults, nearly forty years later, creating a true path to justice and healing from inside their prison walls.
California Premiere!
Awards l Doc NYC 2020 Audience Favorite l Social Justice Film Festival 2020 Gold Prize for Documentary Feature
find + follow film l website l facebook l instagram l twitter
- Year2020
- Runtime105 mins
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorGilda Sheppard
- ScreenwriterSaman Maydani
- ProducerGilda Sheppard, Saman Maydani, June Nho Ivers
- Co-ProducerVital Project Fund, Riverstyx Foundation, Maritz Family Foundation, Satterberg Foundation, Fabian's Fund, City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture
- FilmmakerGilda Sheppard
- CastKimonti Carter, Tonya Wilson, Mary Flowers, Jeff Ellis, Detective John Ringer, Detective Barry McColeman