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Beyond Bars

(Beyond Bars)
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Original Title : Beyond Bars
Time : 98 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2023
Director : Robert Greenwald
Writer : No data available
Producer : Robert Greenwald, Casey Cooper Johnson
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : With more than two million Americans currently in jails and prisons, BEYOND BARS is as much an examination of our fraying democracy and legacy of white supremacy, as it is a roadmap for how the power of local, grassroots organizing can ...See moreWith more than two million Americans currently in jails and prisons, BEYOND BARS is as much an examination of our fraying democracy and legacy of white supremacy, as it is a roadmap for how the power of local, grassroots organizing can restore the lives, families, and communities being destroyed by the ongoing cycle of inter-generational incarceration. Former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin's story offers a dual lens into the personal trauma of mass incarceration and the tireless battle toward progressive reform within the United States criminal injustice system. Chesa is only 14 months old when condemned to seeing his parents-members of the Weather Underground-behind bars for the entirety of his childhood, a timeline that is interwoven with his historic pursuit to change the system with which he is intimately and painfully linked. See less Read more: Plot summary

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