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Kemba film celebrated during Black History Month

By JLUSA

February 14, 2025

The HBCU First LOOK Film Festival celebrates the film Kemba, highly favorited during the festival, and its social impact.
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“The Alabama Solution” documentary “should outrage the nation”

By JLUSA

February 7, 2025

“One of the most shocking, visceral depictions of our carceral state ever put to film.”
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One of the top films coming out of Sundance Film Festival this year is Ricky, a movie about the challenges of reentry

By JLUSA

January 31, 2025

Within one year of release, 43% of formerly incarcerated people are rearrested. In Rashad Frett’s feature film debut “Ricky,” we watch that play out.
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Introducing Captivated: JLUSA’s First Annual Year-End Best of 2024 List

By JLUSA

December 20, 2024

As the year wraps up, here are the top five recommendations that captivated us in each of these categories in 2024!
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New documentary film festival taking place inside Sing Sing prison

By JLUSA

October 23, 2024

Lawrence Bartley says his new film festival will put a unique critical eye on film documentaries about prisons and policing.
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Country singer Steve Earle contributes song to benefit formerly incarcerated leaders in Tennessee

By JLUSA

September 20, 2024

This track kicks off the Better Than Jail album, uniting top artists to advocate for criminal justice reform.
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SaulPaul’s new album “Speak Hope, Sing Joy” is out now!

By JLUSA

August 30, 2024

Known for blending R&B, hip-hop, Afrobeat, folk, pop, and reggae, SaulPaul’s highly anticipated new album is out today!
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On this anniversary, we remember Harry Belafonte’s pivotal role in the March on Washington

By JLUSA

August 28, 2024

Late singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte (1927-2023) was there 61 years ago and helped fund, organize, and publicize the March on Washington.
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Shaka Senghor on “Super Soul Sunday” with Oprah

By JLUSA

August 23, 2024

Criminal justice activist Shaka Senghor sat down with Oprah Winfrey for an in-depth interview. The video is now online! Watch.
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Simply Naomi performs “This Is Not My Home” — song that opened up the conversation around commutation for women in Pennsylvania

By JLUSA

August 16, 2024

“This Is Not My Home” by Simply Naomi is a soul classic cover originally sung by The Lady Lifers of SCI Muncy.
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“Daughters” documentary about four girls with incarcerated fathers is out now on Netflix

By JLUSA

August 14, 2024

Learn more about the new Daughters documentary that took eight years to make—available now on Netflix!
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“Sing Sing” costume designer Desira Pesta on “trauma-informed“ filmmaking

By JLUSA

August 9, 2024

Desira Pesta crafted Sing Sing’s costumes on a budget, not only for practical reasons, but also as a sort of “method” design.
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Kerry Washington’s sitcom UnPrisoned season two available now on streaming

By JLUSA

July 17, 2024

Kerry Washington‘s sitcom UnPrisoned returns on Hulu with all eight episodes of season 2 dropping today!
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Sing Sing’s Clarence Maclin inspired the film and plays himself in “starmaking” role

By JLUSA

July 12, 2024

Sing Sing opens in limited release on July 12 and an expansion will follow in August.
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4 Non Blondes singer Linda Perry on leading karaoke inside women’s prisons

By JLUSA

July 5, 2024

Linda Perry, the former lead singer of the band 4 Non Blondes, spoke recently about how she would go into women’s prisons and lead karaoke. Watch!
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Kemba movie continuing to get attention and reach audiences

By JLUSA

June 4, 2024

Kemba Smith (Leading with Conviction™ 2019) sat down recently with FOX5 Atlanta and national NPR. Listen to those interviews now!

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