A Sentence Apart
New Day Films
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11m
Directed by Theo Rigby, Jason Sussberg • Documentary • 2012 • 11 minutes
The United States imprisons more people, per capita, than any country in the world. Behind 2.4 million prisoners lies an infinite ripple effect of incarceration on the family and community. A Sentence Apart follows three stories of people coping with a family member in prison, attempting to bridge broken relationships, and diligently working to reverse the generational cycle of incarceration.
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