S36.E20 ∙ Trapped, Disabled & Abused: Dispatches

An observational film that using the fragmented format of a newscast program proposes a cinematic glance to the same reality depicted daily by the media.

A behind-the-scenes look at prison life within the Sarasota County jail. On a normal day 50 - 60 people get booked into this institution for crimes ranging from murder, drug dealing and theft to simple misdemeanors. While a few are hardcore criminals, most are just normal people trying to get by who just happened to make a poor decision. This film is about their life behind bars and the story of a fortunate few who get accepted into an immensely successful special program that can help them turn their life around. This program was put together by the Salvation Army and the very people who now hold them prisoner.

In the wake of worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, The Second Fraud uncovers the crooked aftermath of the first multi-billion dollar Ponzi Scheme in American History.

The film reveals the plight of Somali pirates, mostly former fishermen, who as a result of the global fishing industry can no longer make a living from the sea as they once did and have to join up with pirate cartels in order to feed themselves and their families.

STOP is a feature length documentary about Floyd v. City of New York, the class-action lawsuit that challenged the New York City Police Department's practice of stop & frisk, and resulted in the landmark decision finding the practice unconstitutional.

A poetic personal documentary about a Chinese women torture survivor in the most severe religious persecution in today's China, and a Bostonian man who unexpectedly becomes a supporter for the victims here and in China, interwoven by the filmmaker's memoir as a teenager witness since her high school.