Screening with open captions and audio description. There will be ASL interpretation for the intro and Q&A on May 3.
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates reflects on and revisits the case of the murder of a young boy inside the walls of a Baltimore middle school. Decades ago, three teenagers were convicted of the crime, then incarcerated for 36 years. Upon a deeper look into the incident, layers start to peel away, bringing to light how facts were severely skewed—and the truth that these men were convicted of a crime they did not commit. Through coerced false testimonies, lives were changed forever. The profound impact of that sentencing still shows how unjustly the Black community is treated all too often by the US justice system. Hot Docs alum Dawn Porter (Luther: Never Too Much, opening night 2024) brings forth a powerful and stirring new film that looks at the trauma cases like this cause, and the fight for retribution that still goes on today. Gabor Pertic