
Voces, Independent Lens
El Equipo (The Team)
An unlikely collaboration between a forensic scientist from Texas and a group of Latin American students changes the course of forensic science and international human rights.
Three resilient boys grapple with the fallout of having an incarcerated parent as they come of age in America.
Tiller is an artist named one of 110 “filmmakers to watch” by Variety Magazine in 2015 for her short film, Sons and Daughters of the Incarcerated - now an award winning feature documentary titled Tre Maison Dasan. She has worked with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) training Development Outreach Coordinators in video production in… Show more
Stern has worked for 6 years in documentary film. She is the Co-Producer of the film Netizens (Tribeca 2018, Hot Docs 2018), the Associate Producer of The Bomb, an innovative installation and film experience which closed 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and opened 2017 Berlin, and the Director and Producer of the short film, Well Groomed (The Atlantic, Vimeo… Show more
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At a time when one in 14 children in America is growing up with an incarcerated parent, the film follows tough 13-year-old Tre, enthusiastic 11-year-old Maison, and empathic 6-year-old Dasan as they navigate their lives among extended family and friends and visit their parents serving sentences for serious crimes. In their own voices, and at their own pace, the three Rhode Island youths reveal their feelings on separation, masculinity, justice, and the resilience it takes to become a man with a parent behind bars.
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