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America Reframed
Liberated Lives
Filmmakers Lisa Riordan Seville, Kiara C. Jones, Nailah Jefferson, Darcy McKinnon, Adamu Chan and Stevie Walker-Webb talk with America ReFramed host Natasha Del Toro about their four films that speak to the theme of Liberated Lives. The panel discusses why they focused on family and friends supporting incarcerated loves ones, the collaborative process, and surviving and thriving outside of prison.
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