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The Return: Discussion Guide
The Return discussion guide includes information on “Three Strikes” laws and challenges to reentry, as well as prompts for discussion and a list of action steps and resources. This guide is an...
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Help create pathways for employment for returning citizens in your workplace. Talk to your human resources department and arrange a screening of The Return for your staff/co-workers. Discuss how you...
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Directed by Kelly Duane de la Vega & Katie Galloway Produced by Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega & Ariella Ben-Dov Executive Producer Anne Devereux-Mills Editor Greg O’Toole Written by...
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FILM-RELATED WEB SITES The Return thereturnproject.com — The film’s official website provides information on the film and filmmakers, as well as a link to a New York Times Op-Doc by the filmmakers...
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We’ve spent much of our professional lives making films about the broken criminal justice system in the United States. The Return explores the impact of unjust policies at every level of society: for...
View ArticleThe Return: Filmmaker Interview
Filmmakers Kelly Duane De La Vega and Katie Galloway discuss the making of the film, The Return. POV: Could you describe The Return for someone who hasn’t seen it? Katie Galloway: In 2012 California...
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The Return: Filmmaker Bio
Kelly Duane de la Vega‘s (Director/Producer) documentaries have screened at film festivals worldwide, opened theatrically across the country and been broadcast nationally on POV and the Documentary...
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In May 2016, The Return filmmakers Kelly Duane De La Vega and Katie Galloway updated POV on what’s happened since the camera stopped rolling. What has happened in the lives of Kenneth and Bilal since...
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In 2012, California amended its “Three Strikes” law—one of the harshest criminal sentencing policies in the country. The passage of Prop. 36 marked the first time in U.S. history that citizens voted to...
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