Honored to be a guest on radio talk show Wanda’s Picks hosted by Wanda Sabir from the San Francisco Bay View Newspaper to talk about MILWAUKEE 53206 and two other films about mass incarceration airing on World Channel’s America ReFramed BEYOND THE WALL and THE CORRIDOR. All part of a three film line up for the […]
Read MoreOn April 3rd, 2018 at 8pm EST / 7pm CST MILWAUKEE 53206 will have it’s television premiere on World Channel (check your local listings) as part of the acclaimed documentary series America Reframed. Free streaming will begin on April 4, 2018 on worldchannel.org and all station-branded PBS platforms.
Read MoreKevyn Fairchild of the Producer’s Guild of America hosts the podcast Produced By with guest documentary filmmakers Keith McQuirter and Nick Stuart joining by phone to discuss their film MILWAUKEE 53206 and documentary as a tool for social justice.
Read MoreThe United States imprisons its people at an unprecedented rate never seen in human history. It leads the world in the highest rates of incarceration, imprisoning a staggering 25% of the world’s prison population and creating what is currently known as mass incarceration. The battle cry has been summoned demanding justice and calling for prison […]
Read MoreThrough portal technology linking New York City’s Time Square to the 53206 ZIP code in Milwaukee, I hosted an interactive discussion around mass incarceration using the themes from the documentary MILWAUKEE 53206. My guests Dennis Walton and Lewis Lee of Made Men Worldwide both brought engaging perspectives on the issues and their work in the community. […]
Read MoreI’m thrilled to announce that MILWAUKEE 53206 won the National Council on Crime and Delinquency’s 2017 Media for a Just Society Award in the film category. We are additionally honored to have tied with Netflix’s phenomenal documentary 13TH, directed by Ava DuVernay who I truly admire and whose work I love. MILWAUKEE 53206 and 13TH together will receive the […]
Read MoreVeteran Detroit Free Press reporter Rochelle Riley invited me, the creators of the 50/50 Forum, and Beverly Walker who is featured in MILWAUKEE 53206, to her talk show at 910am Superstation. We discussed MILWAUKEE 53206 and the day-of-dialogue surrounding the film happening Oct. 21st in Northville, Michigan.
Read MoreIt’s a true honor that MILWAUKEE 53206 won the Grand Jury Prize presented by HBO for Best Feature Documentary at Urbanworld Film Festival. A huge Thank You to Urbanworld and HBO for believing in the power of storytelling, to my entire cast and crew, Transform Films. Also, thank you to the people of 53206 for […]
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Read MorePhotographs taken during the making of MILWAUKEE 53206 are now part of a permanent exhibition called Prisons Today: Questions in the Age of Mass Incarceration at Eastern State Penitentiary Museum in Philadelphia, PA. The new exhibition is the first in the United States to address issues of mass incarceration. Eastern State Penitentiary, once an infamous prison […]
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