CinemaOSMovie · 2011 · 1h 37m · NR

Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life

A Commentary About the Prison Industrial Complex and the Prison Abolition Movement

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Weaving together the voices of women entangled in the criminal justice system, along with leading scholars on prison abolition, this film provides a critical analysis of the disfunctionality and violence of the prison system.

Directed bySetsu Shigematsu

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 37m
Language
EN
Released
January 3, 2011

Featuring

Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring

Melissa Burch

Herself

Susan Burton

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Angela Davis

Angela Davis

Herself

Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Herself

Dylan Rodriguez

Himself

Andrea Smith

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Paula X Rojas

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Creative team
Directed by
Setsu Shigematsu
Written by
Setsu Shigematsu
Produced by
Setsu Shigematsu
Cameron Granadino

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