Found 17 resources on criminal justice

criminal justice


The following films from the multiple Media That Matters Film Festival collections explore the issue of criminal justice. For even more films on this issue, visit MediaRights.org.

Bad Choices

More About Bad Choices from Producer Curt McPhail This film was done in partnership with the Strengthening…
Official selection of the Fifth Annual Festival

Book ‘Em: Undereducated, Overincarcerated

In New Haven, Connecticut the pipeline from school to prison is shorter than you might think.
Official selection of the Sixth Annual Festival

Books Not Bars

More About Books Not Bars from WITNESS Public spending to support increased incarceration is booming while spending…
Official selection of the Fourth Annual Festival

CopWatch

Television audiences have become accustomed to the celebration of ruckus police action via the reality TV show,…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

Day of Remembrance

More About Day of Remembrance from Director Cynthia Fujikawa Day of Remembrance is a short documentary that…
Official selection of the Fourth Annual Festival

Diane Wilson, A Warrior’s Tale

Diane Wilson, A Warrior’s Tale is one of several short subjects that appeared in an hour-long Lifetime…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

Exiled in America

More about Exiled in America from Director Angela Torres Camarena Exiled in America explores immigration United States,…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

Face to Face: Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy

Face to Face, produced by Rob Mikuriya, connects the experiences of Japanese-Americans in the early 1940s with…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

Happy Ending

More About Happy Ending from Director Chris Irrizarry Happy Ending was produced at the HBO Young Filmmakers…
Official selection of the Fifth Annual Festival

Homecoming

More About Homecoming from the Perpich Center for Arts Education Homecoming evolved over four months beginning with…
Official selection of the Fifth Annual Festival

In the Morning

More About In The Morning from Director Danielle Lurie When a young Turkish woman, Derya, 15, is…
Official selection of the Sixth Annual Festival

No Escape, Prison Rape

The first federal bill to stop prison rape, the Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2002, was introduced…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

Perversion of Justice

More About Perversion of Justice from Director Melissa Mummert I worked as a chaplain intern at a…
Official selection of the Eighth Annual Festival

Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border

More About Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border from Producer WITNESS Rights on the Line:…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

Silence Speaks

Silence Speaks provides violence survivors, witnesses, and prevention advocates with the support, skills, and equipment they need…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

System Failure

More About System Failure from Producer WITNESS Juvenile justice in California is a national embarrassment, a statewide…
Official selection of the Fifth Annual Festival

Will I Be Next?

More about Will I Be Next? from Director Ralph Rollins Will I Be Next? explores the issue…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

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