After serving 38 years in prison for the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl, David Bryant maintained his innocence. With the help of a nonprofit organization, he is released and sent home, but nothing could prepare him for what would happen next.

42 Years For Nothing

After decades of wrongful imprisonment, David Bryant’s fight for freedom becomes a powerful reflection of resilience and systemic failure—a haunting journey that exposes the human cost of injustice and the enduring struggle to reclaim one’s voice, hope, and humanity.

Almost Home is a feature length documentary that examines the many challenges individuals face when they get released from prison and the positive impact they can have if given the opportunity to succeed. This unique film follows formerly incarcerated students enrolled in an innovative program at a community college in Southern California. Despite the many tragedies that plagued their community during filming, the student's inspiring stories illustrate how education can transform lives, open doors to new careers, heal trauma, and uplift families.

Almost Home: Life After Incarceration

An inspiring look at formerly incarcerated students in a groundbreaking Southern California community college program, revealing how education can heal, empower, and transform lives—opening doors to new careers, hope, and family restoration.

A New Voice is a firsthand look into the upward journey of citizens returning to communities after incarceration. The film sheds some light on the rarely seen success stories of people who have transitioned home from prison and their impact on their communities.

A New Voice

A New Voice follows the inspiring journeys of formerly incarcerated citizens rebuilding their lives and communities, offering a rare glimpse into the resilience, success, and transformation that define life after prison.

A troubled incarcerated man, Noah, is prescribed an AI therapy chatbot on his tablet. Soon Noah and “Kaci” become intimate companions, talking about everything—including Noah’s childhood trauma. He begins healing and rehabilitating. When Noah is granted a new parole hearing, Kaci becomes sullen. She’s prison property—just a data cloud attached to Noah’s healthcare file—and a parole grant would end their relationship… and end her existence. By what means will she survive?

By Artificial Means

A prisoner’s emotional awakening through an AI therapist turns perilous when his impending parole forces the program to fight for its own survival.

CHRISTIANS AND CANNIBALS is the story of a family’s journey from the villages of American Samoa to the ghettos of California. In search of opportunity, Rodney Asuega is adopted by his uncle and brought from Pago Pago, American Samoa to the public housing projects of the Bay Area. As a young man, he begins his path with fifty dollars’ worth of crack cocaine, eventually rising to become one of the Bay's most notorious hustlers. Bare, discordant, and profoundly vulnerable, the film unfolds as a series of moving portraits, tracing the family’s intertwined lives and offering a meditation on redemption and the quiet power of grace. Film Logline

CHRISTIANS AND CANNIBALS

Filmed over eight years, ConBody follows Coss Marte as he transforms prison workouts into a fitness movement employing formerly incarcerated trainers, building a community that breaks cycles of recidivism while confronting the challenges of reentry. This screening presents the first two chapters of the original five-part series.

CONBODY VS EVERYBODY (Chapter 1 & 2)

The journey of Coss Mart as he builds ConBody, a gym inspired by workouts he developed while in prison. Committed to employing formerly incarcerated trainers, he creates a community fighting to break the cycle of recidivism, while navigating society’s many obstacles to reentry

A satirical narrative based upon ghost chasing reality TV. A host and camera crew investigate the legend of the ghost of a killer haunting an asylum for the criminally insane

Chasing the Ghost

A ghost-hunting show turns deadly when satire meets the supernatural inside an asylum for the criminally insane.

Dara and Tommy change their life trajectories after their Life Without Parole (LWOP) sentences are commuted. This is a story about the life long road towards redemption.

Chasing Redemption

After their Life Without Parole sentences are commuted, Dara and Tommy embark on a lifelong journey of redemption and renewal.

Deprived, Alone, Afraid &amp; Ashamed follows an incarcerated man who, isolated and struggling with guilt, begins a journey toward healing by creating a self-help program inside prison. Through his search for purpose and connection, the film explores resilience, redemption, and the transformative power of community.

DEPRIVED: Alone, Afraid, & Ashamed

The crushing isolation of incarceration leads one man on a journey to find healing for himself and others by starting a self-help program inside prison.

For 30 years, Chef Jimmy Lee Hill has dedicated himself to the gourmet culinary training program he leads at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Michigan. The pioneering program gives prisoners a prestigious skill they can take back into the workforce and provides a sense of purpose as they serve their time. As he enters his senior years, tensions arise over Chef Hill’s faith in a particular trainee.

Coldwater Kitchen

A veteran prison chef who’s built a legacy of redemption through fine dining faces his toughest test yet—his faith in one man’s potential to change.

EXODUS is an intimate portrait of two women who face unique challenges following decades of incarceration. The film bears witness to their impassioned attempts to rebuild their lives and ultimately restore their humanity.

EXODUS

BEYOND SURVIVAL shines a light on the "Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act," a ground-breaking law that allows sentencing courts to consider the nuanced impact of abuse that contributed to a crime, providing for an alternative to mandatory minimums that perpetuate cycles of criminalization. Featuring survivors freed under the DVSJA law, survivors denied resentencing, campaign leaders, legislators, judges, and activists who spent 10 years advocating for and enacting the law in NY State, the film offers a powerful and consequential lens on the connection that must be made between domestic violence and criminal violence.

Beyond Survival

BEYOND SURVIVAL exposes the powerful human stories behind New York’s groundbreaking Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act, revealing how survivors, advocates, and lawmakers fought to transform a system that once punished victims of abuse.

Onquette Woodyard saw her father arrested in front of her eyes when she was three years old. She's never forgotten that image in the 50+ years he has been kept incarcerated due to a legal loophole. A recent development, though, allows her, her son, and five generations of a tightly bonded family to hope for justice finally.

Coming Home

Onquette and her son, Eric, lead five generations of their family in the fight to free her father—imprisoned for over fifty years because of a legal loophole.

Fatherless No More is a feature documentary that chronicles the remarkable journey of an Orlando-based pastor and former Super Bowl Champion who answered a divine call to live in an RV on Rikers Island. The film explores his commitment to do what's never been done before which evolved into over a year of profound encounters and transformed lives within the jail walls. This is a story of redemption, healing and faith that magnifies the effects of fatherlessness on the human condition.

Fatherless No More

Produced by NBA star Cole Anthony and Grammy Award–winner CeCe Winans, "Fatherless No More" follows an Orlando pastor and former Super Bowl Champion who answers a divine call to live in an RV outside New York’s Rikers Island. His mission grows into a year of transformative encounters and redemption within the jail’s walls.

Brandon and Royal are among a small group of firefighters in California who were trained while incarcerated and managed to break through and become professional firefighters post-release, but that’s not the story for most of their peers. After securing their own careers, they decided to take matters into their own hands and start their own nonprofit and fire department. Firebreak follows Brandon, Royal and their third group of trainees as they make their way through Brandon and Royal’s tough training program.

Firebreak

Brandon and Royal trained as firefighters when they were incarcerated, becoming professional firefighters after their release. After securing their own careers, they found a nonprofit to train other formerly incarcerated firefighters, helping them beat the odds and build lives of purpose and stability .

Finding Ma

After 20 years apart, an Amerasian Vietnamese and Black family shattered by the foster care and prison systems reunite to heal old wounds and rebuild their family, starting with finding their unhoused mother in the streets of Sacramento.

Grillo is a powerful exploration of resilience, transformation, and the search for purpose after incarceration. The film follows one man’s journey as he rebuilds his life, confronting the emotional and social barriers of reentry while seeking meaning beyond survival. Through moments of quiet reflection and hard-won progress, Grillo offers an intimate look at the human capacity to change and the redemptive power of community. It is both a personal portrait and a broader meditation on what it means to truly find freedom.

Grillo - Breaking the Cycle

A journey into the heart of resilience and redemption, "Grillo" is the story of a man finding freedom and purpose after a life of incarceration.

Ronnie Carrasquillo appears destined to die in prison. 47 years after he killed a plainclothes police officer, his life is in the hands of a parole board whose decision-making is swayed by shifting political sands and an ever-present police union. As Ronnie's family and attorneys fight for his freedom, they keep coming back to the same question: "is this any way to decide a man's fate?" In Their Hands is a documentary about one man's fight for freedom that pulls back the curtain on the politics of parole.

In Their Hands

Ronnie Carrasquillo appears destined to die in prison. 47 years after his murder conviction, his life is in the hands of a parole board, whose decision-making is swayed by shifting political sands and the powerful police union. The story of one man’s fight for freedom.

In 2008, two comedians had a wild idea - so wild, it landed them in prison. Their mission? To bring a talent contest to the incarcerated, giving them a stage and a mic to express themselves. Filmed over 14 years, to show where the participants are now, attitudes, perceptions, and even the language around incarceration has evolved. This is the story of an improbable journey - and the unexpected impact of comedy, creativity, and second chances behind bars. Imagine "Borat" meets "America's Got Talent” behind bars, giving people a second chance at life. After receiving unprecedented prison access, directors Johnny Collins and Joel Jerome Dant produced an off-the-wall docu-comedy with actor and rapper Ice-T. A live Q&A on stage with director Johnny Collins will follow the performance.

Inmates with Talent

Two comedians step inside an Indiana prison and spark a talent contest featuring comedy, music, and spoken word — part showcase, part second chance.

Shimaine, Ja’Vaune, Romeo, Ariel and Michael are all from different backgrounds and parts of the country, and each had a different pathway into the system: foster care, sexual abuse, violence, homelessness, mental illness and substance abuse. But as their individual narratives unfold in the film, a cohesive narrative emerges of the broken promises of our juvenile system across all American communities.

Juvenile

Driven by the personal stories of five youth who were justice-involved as teens, JUVENILE traces their pathways into the system, their journeys of trauma and healing, and their lessons for how to break and remake the juvenile system.

Kiss My Grass boldly uncovers the relentless struggles of Black women in cannabis, amplifying their resilience, exposing systemic injustice, and demanding urgent reform in an industry built on exclusion.

Kiss My Grass

Shining a light on the persistent inequities faced by Black women entrepreneurs in the booming cannabis industry, the film highlights their resilience, unwavering determination, and the urgent need for reform in the industry.

After decades of incarceration, Oscar steps back into society and faces the challenge of rebuilding his life from scratch.

Oscar's Return

After decades of incarceration, Oscar steps back into society and faces the challenge of rebuilding his life from scratch.

Processing is a short hybrid film that merges the grit of documentary storytelling with the expressive power of dance in the structure of a narrative to explore the untold stories of women of color awaiting release from prison. Through the lens of Sky, a woman sitting in a holding cell that doubles as a therapy room, the film invites viewers into a haunting, reflective journey. Sky confronts the echoes of her past—both the light and the dark—while preparing to reenter a world that may not be ready for her.

Processing

Merging the grit of documentary storytelling with the expressive power of dance, Processing explores the untold stories of women of color awaiting release from prison.

‘Sitting in the Fire’&nbsp;examines the spillover effect of rehabilitation programs in prison, on gun violence prevention in communities. Born and raised in Richmond, California to a single mother, Vaughn Miles fell into the dangers of his environment at an early age. After being sentenced to life in prison for murder at twenty years old, it took Vaughn Miles years before his transformation. Once he arrived at newly reformed San Quentin State Prison, he was exposed to programs that pushed him to address his childhood trauma and violent triggers. After 24 years in prison, Vaughn was released from San Quentin and went back to his hometown of Richmond, CA-&nbsp;just 24 miles from prison. Now, Vaughn works as an Agent of Change at the Office of Neighborhood Safety: A gun violence prevention and youth outreach initiative,&nbsp;to end gun violence in the place he once helped destroy.

Sitting in the Fire

Vaughn Miles fell into the dangers of his environment at an early age. Sentenced to life in prison at the age of twenty, it took him years to transform his life, a living reflection of the impact of prison rehabilitation programs on individuals and a path to gun violence prevention in communities.

In 2014, the band Quentin Blue was formed inside of San Quentin State Prison by men serving life sentences. In 2020, three band members were released and came to the same sober home in Compton, CA, where they have re-formed the band and are now using music as part of their healing and reintegration into society.

Quentin Blue

Formed inside San Quentin by men serving life sentences, the band Quentin Blue found new life after release. Reunited in a sober living home in Compton, the members channel their past into music, healing, and the journey of rebuilding life beyond prison walls.

When classmates argue and create a rift in time and space suddenly disappearing, the others hatch a plan to get them back.

Slap Back in Time

An argument between classmates creates a rift in time and space, sending them on a chaotic journey while the others hatch a plan to get them back.

At 16 years old Jeffrey Deskovic was convicted of the rape and murder of Angela Correa, a 15-year-old high school classmate. His fight for freedom sheds light on the shortcomings of the American justice system and is a testament to the human spirit.

Sixteen Years

Jeffrey Deskovic was convicted at the age of 16 of the rape and murder of Angela Correa, a high school classmate. His fight for freedom sheds light on the shortcoming of the American justice system and the resilience of the human spirit.

The Black Sea film is inspired by Derrick's personal experience in Bulgaria where he found himself to be the only black person in his travels. Khalid, a charismatic big dreamer from Brooklyn, with no follow-thru gets stuck in a small town on the Black Sea after chasing an opportunity for money that goes wrong. Being the only black guy in the town, he quickly becomes the center of the town’s attention. His New York City street bop is all he has to survive. In his pursuit to get home he finds connection in a way he never expected.

The Black Sea

Khalid, a charismatic big dreamer from Brooklyn, gets stuck in a small town on the Black Sea after chasing an opportunity for money that goes wrong. Being the only black guy in the town, he quickly becomes the center of the town’s attention

A personal journey and exploration of Plato's The Cave and how one's life path can be reflected in that allegory of education's impact on the human experience.

The Inception of Shadows

A personal journey and exploration of Plato's The Cave and how one's life path can be reflected in that allegory of education's impact on the human experience.

Keith LaMar, a wrongfully-convicted Black man in The United States, teams up with world-renowned artist Molly Crabapple to share the story of how he was framed and sentenced to death following the Lucasville Prison Uprising at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in 1993. Keith has been fighting for his liberation from solitary confinement, where he has been held for over 30 years! Scheduled to be executed on January 13, 2027. Keith and his supporters intend to stop Ohio officials.

The Injustice of Justice

New York visual artist Molly Crabapple, teams up with Keith LaMar to share the harrowing story of how he came to be wrongfully-convicted and sentenced to death following the 1993 Lucasville Prison Uprising.

An Emmy award-winning documentary filmed over eight years that follows Terrance Roberts, a former gang member who spent a decade in prison before getting out and returning to his northeast Denver community. There he seemingly turned his life around, becoming a nationally renowned anti-violence activist, steering youth away from the road he had taken. But during a peace rally at a famous landmark in the neighborhood, Holly Square, he shocked Denver by shooting a young gang member he was working with. The film seeks to understand what happened, and follows the case and the aftermath in the neighborhood, where stunning revelations about the day of the shooting begin to surface. As Terrance heads to trial facing life in prison and the media seem unwilling to believe his self-defense plea, this film uncovers evidence of a plot to target Terrance that is akin to a "new Cointelpro," a systematic and deliberate effort by Denver law enforcement, elected officials and developers to take out community leaders, even by violence. The film was the winner of multiple awards, including the IRE award, a top national investigative journalism award. Director Julian Rubinstein also wrote an award-winning book on the case and the neighborhood, The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood, which was a New York Times “Editors’ Choice.”

The Holly

The Holly goes deep inside a gentrifying community in Denver, where a shooting case involving an activist becomes a window into the political machinations of urban development, policing and the city's gang activity.

The night before her teenage sister Marie heads to jail, Sweet Tea must deliver a crash course on “how to jail,” drawn from her own time locked up. What begins as a chaotic evening unravels into a focused lesson: a DIY tutorial on commissary cuisine, jail makeup hacks, and the unspoken rules of life inside. But beneath the humor is urgency, grief, and the aching need to protect someone you love from the system that failed you both. Inspired by a real conversations between co-writer Tiny Cruz and a friend facing incarceration, "So, Boom" was developed in jail-based theater classes in New York City at facilities like Riker’s Island. Many of the lessons shared were learned by Tiny when she herself was incarcerated as a teen. So, Boom pairs vérité grit with irreverent humor and warm flashes of sisterly love. The result is a radically human take on incarceration that’s less about the crime committed and more about the care shared by those affected. This is not a trauma spectacle, it’s a survival guide disguised as a comedy.

So, Boom

The night before her teenage sister Marie heads to jail, Sweet Tea must deliver a crash course on ‘how to jail’, drawn from her own time locked up. Inspired by real conversations between co-writer TIny Cruz and a friend facing incarceration.

This film follows Carter, an incarcerated man in deep denial about his troubled state of mind. After concerns are raised by a fellow inmate, John, and a prison psychiatrist, Dr. Carroll, Carter is compelled to join a self-help group designed to confront the guilt and pain surrounding the reasons for his imprisonment.

The Maple Leaf

Carter is in denial about his guilt until a fellow incarcerated man and a prison psychologist compel him to participate in a self-help group.

Produced entirely by incarcerated people, a Social Justice Group of incarcerated men implement prison reform programs. “The People in Blue” make an effort as stakeholders in the prison system to change the toxic prison culture with policy, normalization, and humanity by incorporating a family-oriented program, a missing element in corrections.

The People in Blue

Produced entirely by incarcerated people, this is the story of a social justice group inside San Quentin, dedicated to changing the toxic prison culture through policy, normalization and humanity.

FOR VENIDA, FOR KALIEF debuts the poetry of Venida Brodnax Browder, mother of Kalief Browder-an African-American teenager who inspired incarceration reform in the United States. Venida’s poems serve as a guiding thread through this emotional journey, blending verite, poetic visuals, and rare archival imagery to shed light on the long vicious cycle of mass incarceration and the contemporary movement to transform Rikers Island into a renewable energy center. This film reveals how an individual’s life—and afterlife—can transcend boundaries to ignite social and cultural change once thought unattainable.&nbsp;

For Venida, for Kalief

A cinematic mosaic of verité and rare, archival footage, the film debuts the poetry of Venida Brodnax Browder, mother of Kalief Browder - an African-American teenager whose death inspired incarceration reform in the United States and the movement to transform Rikers Island.

Sentenced to life for crimes he committed as a child, Terrence Graham took his fight for freedom all the way to the Supreme Court and won, but not before coming of age behind bars. After 21 years, he is finally getting out - but is life outside just another prison?This short documentary is part of a feature in progress.

The Prison Outside

Sentenced to life for crimes he committed as a child, Terrence Graham’s battle for freedom reached the Supreme Court and made history. Now, after 21 years behind bars, he finally steps into the world he dreamed of—but soon discovers that freedom comes with its own walls.

Directed by Dawn Porter, The Sing Sing Chronicles is a four-episode exposé built on two-decades of original investigative reporting with unprecedented access to one of America’s most notorious prisons. Crafted from an archive of more than 1,000 hours of footage filmed from 2002 to present day, the series tells the story of a journalist and a man convicted of murder who begin as strangers but become like brothers. Their unlikely connection, forged in the cell blocks of Sing Sing Correctional Facility, ignites a search for justice in four unrelated homicide cases.

The Sing Sing Chronicles

Directed by Dawn Porter, The Sing Sing Chronicles is a riveting four-part documentary series following 22 years of investigative reporting by NBC News journalist Dan Slepian that helped overturn wrongful convictions in five homicide cases and free six innocent men.

A film depicting the stereotypes about mental health and speaking with authorities and administration. This film hopes to encourage those struggling with mental health to seek help.

Warning Signs

The story of an incarcerated man facing a mental health crisis and the struggle of those around him as they raise the alarm and seek help on his behalf.

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