In conversations about jail, folks typically mistake punishment for justice. As an alternative of investing in prevention, restore and therapeutic, the carceral system typically doubles down on violence. However it doesn’t need to be that manner.
In collaborating on “Jail and Time,” the quick movie above, we melded expressive animations with private testimony of incarceration to discover how time itself can nurture progress and even provide a form of freedom. Together with an indictment of jail’s destructiveness, that is an invite to think about and advocate for a radically completely different but potential world — one which cherishes each time and life.
Marvin Wade is a author, speaker, non secular activist and household man primarily based in Brooklyn, N.Y. His essay that impressed this movie was initially revealed on Project Mend. Evan Bode is an unbiased filmmaker, animator, educator and interdisciplinary artist primarily based in Colorado.
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