Broken on all sides race, mass incarceration & new visions for criminal justice in the U.S. : a documentary /
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Broken on all sides race, mass incarceration & new visions for criminal justice in the U.S. : a documentary /

"More African Americans are under 'correctional' (prison) control today than were enslaved in 1850. Why? The movie explores mass incarceration across the U.S. and the intersection of race, poverty, and the criminal justice and penal systems. It centers around Michelle Alexander's...

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Other Authors: Pillischer, Matthew (Producer, Director), Jefferson, Leonard C., Alexander, Michelle (interviewee (expression))
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [United States] : [Distributed by] Matthew Pillischer, [2012]
Subjects:
Alexander, Michelle. > New Jim Crow.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
African American prisoners > United States.
African American men > Social conditions.
Race discrimination > United States.
United States > Race relations.
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Summary:"More African Americans are under 'correctional' (prison) control today than were enslaved in 1850. Why? The movie explores mass incarceration across the U.S. and the intersection of race, poverty, and the criminal justice and penal systems. It centers around Michelle Alexander's theory in her groundbreaking book, 'The New Jim Crow:' through the rise of the drug war and tough on crime policies, because discretion within the system allows for targeting people of color at disproportionately high rates, mass incarceration is the new caste system in America. The movie dissects the War on Drugs and 'tough on crime' movement, illustrates how the emerging Occupy movement offers hope for change, and explores possible reforms and solutions to ending mass incarceration and this new racial caste system. "--Container.
Item Description:At head of title: an independent production.
"Featuring the drawings of Leonard C. Jefferson, incarcerated at the State Correctional Institute in Albion, PA."
Originally produced in 2012.
Special features include: deleted scenes; extra interviews with Michelle Alexander; interview with filmmaker Matthew Pillischer about artist Leonard Jefferson, whose work is featured in the film.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (68 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC.
Production Credits:Videography, Matthew Pillischer ; music, Jesse Olson Bay ... [et al.].
Access:PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHTS.

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