Social Justice Film Festival 2021

Prisoner Justice and the Art of Social Justice Film

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6 films in package
Roberto Lugo: Without Wax
When renowned potter, painter, educator, and activist Roberto Lugo was still working his way through art school, his brother was imprisoned and put in solitary confinement. Now Roberto returns to his Philadelphia hood to do justice to his brother’s story.
The Circle
A visual collage of words and movement written by nine men incarcerated at California State Prison-Los Angeles County in Lancaster and performed by five men paroled from life sentences.
To My Younger Self
A short experimental documentary about solitary confinement in UK Young Offenders Institutions, and an immersive exploration of the mental and emotional trauma of youth incarceration.
Resurgence
Resurgence tells the story of Jonas Gilham, a poet from Washington, DC, on a journey to transcend his own learned toxic masculinity from the street to prison and back.
Prayers for Prisoners
Deacon Brian leads a prayer-circle that highlights the harsh realities of the Canadian Correctional System. Now alone during the pandemic, the film follows his perseverance.
Angee's Journey, a Documentary Dance Film
A documentary of the making of Angee's Journey, a choreography honoring tens of thousands of women journeying in support of beloved family members, locked inside prisons throughout the United States.
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Genre-spanning films that explore prisoner justice.


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A documentary of the making of Angee's Journey, a choreography honoring the tens of thousands of women who journey in support of their beloved family members, taken away and locked up inside prisons throughout the United States.


Based on the story of Ernst Fenelon, Jr., who was arrested on March 3rd, 1991, the same day that Rodney King was brutally beaten. They were both brought to the same LA Central Jail. After 14 1/2 years locked up, and 15 since getting out, what sustained him all those years has been his mother, Angee Fenelon. Angee's Journey, a 30-minute performance work, was choreographed and premiered live in 2019. Through film of his mother’s stories, visiting room Polaroid images, gesture and text, choreographer Suchi Branfman, in deep collaboration with Mr. Fenelon and the dancers, bears witness to one woman’s journey and one son being held together.


The piece is performed by Branfman and Fenelon, Jr., a small company of dancers (Cynthia Irobunda, Amy Oden, Anna Paz and Tom Tsai), Angee herself (now in her eighties), and Ernst’s six-year-old son.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    33 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Note
    closed captioned in English
  • Director
    Suchi Branfman, Tom Tsai
  • Producer
    Suchi Branfman
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