This film is first and foremost about how we begin and continue to see each other as neighbors and not as “problems to be solved”.

Granted, how we put this caring ethic into policy is more complex. How we balance and negotiate accountability, punishment and healing and the ways that this materializes when crime has ocurred requires deliberate, nuanced and compassionate dialogue with all of us, centered around those folks who are and have been directly impacted.

Local Organizations who are actively addressing the carcertal system: 

FreeHerVT and ACLU and Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform 

There are 17 Community Justice Centers around Vermont that all have concrete ways the public can be involved in meaningful work with directly impacted folks.

Restorative Justice Centers – Each county in Vermont has a Community Justice Center that coordinates many different programs. COSAs and Restorative/Reparative Panels are a great way to connect and learn from and with those folks who have committed crimes, and the services that are offered directly related to crime. 

• Folks and Organizations, part of the social safety net
• Recovery Vermont
• Turning Point Centers – Peer Support for recovery
• Mutual Aid – entirely volunteer groups who come together to provide food and other basic needs for folks
• Agencies for Social Services – each county has an umbrella non-profit organization who administers mental health support…
• Community Food Shelves
• Shelters and Housing Support 

Books and Films:

Film Showings

PLEASE reach out if you have a group of folks who would be interested in hosting the film and conversation.

Richmond LIbrary

The Savoy, Montpelier

Latchis Theater, Brattleboro

Middlebury Marquis, Middlebury PICTURE

City Hall Park, Burlington