** Please note: This film is available only to viewers in Washington State, and will be available for viewing only between October 7–11, 2020. **

Canary In a Mine Filmmaker Comment

Canary in a Mine is the transformation story of a young, emotionally charged man, after the tragic loss of his younger brother. Q, the main character, is led to discover his own happiness in coping with his loss after being introduced to a warm hearted woman, Tumani. The two connect after Tumani saves Q from a near fight encounter, causing them to both be intrigued by one another. The story follows Q as he visits his brothers memorial in order to keep his essence alive. Helping Q cope with trauma, Tumani introduces Q to meditation to bring him true happiness.

Canary in a Mine

After the tragic loss of his younger brother, an emotionally charged young man, Q, is led to discover his own happiness after encountering a warm hearted woman, Tumani.

Since I Been Down Filmmaker Comment

In 1993, Washington State voters passed the three-strikes law and sent children considered irredeemable super-predators to prison for life without parole. Influenced by the national drug war frenzy, escalating crime, and gang activity, during the fear-based political policies of the 1980’s and ‘90’s, Tacoma, Washington sacrificed their most-vulnerable children. The city’s lack of both social services and targeted investments in early education; the increasing inequality in housing and employment, and the culture of punishment (including no-parole, three-strikes, hard-time for armed-crime, and other excessive sentencing laws), stained the Tacoma landscape and destined these children to live their lives out behind bars. Thrown into prison not for education or rehabilitation but for removal and punishment (out of sight, out of mind), these children, who are now adults, could not be silenced. Together they built a prisoners’ community of healing that extended beyond prison walls. A dramatic story of how gangs, fear, and power arrested the development of one American community– and how in their rush to discard the poorest, and targeting brown and black youth for a false sense of safety, security and prosperity, an entire generation disappeared — Since I Been Down spotlights prisoner Kimonti Carter, and follows his efforts as well as a wide group of prisoners, as they break free from their fate and create a model of education that is transforming their lives, their communities, our prisons, and our own humanity.

Since I Been Down

In America’s backyard, a community held captive by policies targeting gangs and drugs, sacrifices their youth for a false sense of justice, and safety. Nearly forty years later, a true path to justice and healing is led from inside their prison walls.

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