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A documentary look at individuals in California who had previously been serving a life sentence in prison under the state's harsh "three-strike" rule for nonviolent offenders. Proposition 36 repealed the three-strike statute in 2012, and filmmakers Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway follow the struggles of former prisoners acclimating to life on the outside.

• Rating:
  NR
• Genre:
  Documentary
• Directed By:
  Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane
• Written By:
  Greg O'Toole, Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane
• Runtime:
  81 minutes

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Bilal Kevin Chatman

Kenneth Anderson

Mike Romano

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• Through their film, de la Vega and Galloway expose a system rigged against people of color, and those with mental health and addiction issues.

  Aug 7, 2017 | Full Review…

  Jessica Baxter

  Hammer to Nail

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