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EVENTS
Screenings
Allied Media Conference | 07/02/2022 | Virtual | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard, Kimonti Carter, and Tonya Wilson, exploring how the film’s distribution has impacted their transformative justice advocacy. | |
253 Club/YWCA Pierce County | 06/30/2022 | In-person @ The Grand Cinema, 606 Fawcett Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402 | Join the 253 Club for a free screening of "Since I Been Down." This documentary investigates how policies and inequities in WA State caused a generation of Black youth to serve life in prison. Post film discussion to be led by Gilda Sheppard & Tonya Wilson. | |
King County Health Jail Health Services Keynote/General Session | 06/08/2022 | Virtual | Key Note/ Panel Discussion with member of the King County Jail Health Services Team led by Gilda Sheppard & Dr. Audrey Covner. Making of the film, humanizing the person, addressing the stress on staff as they face racism both in their clients lives as well as their own work. | |
Yogahub Australia, Poppy Sloan | 05/30/2022 | In-person: Perth, Australia / Virtual: Post-Film Discussion | This discussion will aim to spread awareness about transformative justice & highlight Australia based in-prison educational & support programs. | |
Seattle Central College: Phebe Jewell | 05/17/2022 | In-person | Sharing this film with the students of Seattle Central College and Gilda talking about her process making the film and her extensive experience teaching in a number of prison in WA State. | |
Central Washington University: Christine Henderson, Department of Law and Justice | 05/17/2022 | Virtual & In-Person | Spread awareness to undergraduate students at Central Washington University about transformative justice and incarceration programming. | |
WA State Department of Children, Youth, and Families | 05/12/2022 | 375 SW 11th St, Chehalis, WA 98532 (Green Hill School) | ||
2022 InLight Human Rights Documentary Film Festival | 04/15/2022 | 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408 | https://tvw.org/video/2021-state-supreme-court-symposium-2021061001/?eventID=2021061001 | Take part of a moving film festival at Indiana University, Bloomington by watching Since I Been Down. Stay after the screening to hear our director, Gilda Sheppard, and re-entry coordinator at the Freedom Project, Tonya Wilson, speak! |
After Incarceration | 04/14/2022 | Virtual | https://tvw.org/video/2021-state-supreme-court-symposium-2021061001/?eventID=2021061001 | Watch Since I Been Down from April 11-18th. Then, join other community members to hear from a moving panel about restorative re-entry and the culture of punishment in our communities. |
Living Arts Cultural Heritage Center | 04/09/2022 | |||
Seattle Prep School Assembly | 04/08/2022 | |||
University of Puget Sound | 04/07/2022 | |||
The Corps Network | 04/05/2022 | |||
The Parable Tacoma | 04/03/2022 | |||
The Gatekeepers | 03/31/2022 | |||
CHOOSE180, and the Freedom Project WA | 03/15/2022 | |||
Center for Humane Services | 03/07/2022 | |||
Living Arts Cultural Heritage Center | 02/27/2022 | |||
Institute for Black Justice | 02/24/2022 | |||
Merrimack College | 02/24/2022 | |||
Tacoma Urban Performance Arts Center | 02/20/2022 | |||
YWCA of Olympia | 02/19/2022 | |||
Alliance for Higher Education in Prison | 02/15/2022 | |||
Lewis & Clark, Criminal Justice Reform Clinic | 02/09/2022 | |||
Bright Future Now | 02/06/2022 | |||
Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative | 02/06/2022 | |||
WA Therapy Fund Association | 02/04/2022 | |||
Vashon-Maury SURJ | 01/23/2022 | |||
Meaningful Movies Spokane | 01/19/2022 | |||
FAME & TDHS Present Since I Been Down: Criminal Justice Reform Discussion | 01/15/2022 | |||
Screening & Conversation at Northwest Community Bail Fund | 12/13/2021 | |||
Civil Survival Presents the Film Since I Been Down | 11/30/2021 | |||
National Conference on Higher Education in Prison | 11/13/2021 | |||
Screening at Ebenezer Baptist Church | 11/12/2021 | |||
Visualizing Abolition: Conversation with Adrienne Maree Brown and Gilda Sheppard | 10/26/2021 | |||
Multi-faith Dialogue for a More Humane Justice System | 10/24/2021 | |||
Gilda Sheppard at The Documentary Toolkit | 08/19/2021 | |||
2021 State Supreme Court Symposium | 06/02/2021 | |||
Correctional Education Association Leadership Forum | 05/15/2021 | |||
King County Library | 04/24/2021 | |||
Consortium for Innovative Environments in Learning | 04/16/2021 | |||
DOCNYC 2020 Since I Been Down, Facebook Live | 11/15/2020 | |||
Washington State Department of Corrections | 03/01/2020 |
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Festivals
Centre Film Festival | 11/01/2021 |
Social Justice Film Festival | 10/07/2021 |
Freep Film Festival | 09/26/2021 |
The Reel Hilltopia Film Festival | 09/25/2021 |
Montreal International Black Film Festival | 09/22/2021 |
Oakland Film Festival | 09/17/2021 |
Local Sightings Festival | 09/16/2021 |
Local Sightings Festival 2021 | 09/16/2021 |
Sebastopol Film Festival | 06/10/2021 |
Milwaukee Film Festival | 05/06/2021 |
Thin Line Festival | 03/24/2021 |
Halifax Black Film Festival | 02/23/2021 |
Big Sky Film Festival | 02/19/2021 |
Toronto Black Film Festival | 02/10/2021 |
Detroit Free Press Freep Film Festival | 12/01/2020 |
Tacoma International Film Festival | 11/11/2020 |
DOCNYC 2020 with Live Panel | 11/11/2020 |
Portland Film Festival | 10/12/2020 |
DOKTOBER at the Pickford | 10/09/2020 |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards with a live panel featuring Director Gilda Sheppard and Tonya Wilson, Reentry Outreach Coordinator for The Freedom Project | 10/02/2020 |
Social Justice Film Festival with Live Panel | 10/01/2020 |
Cleveland International Film Festival | 04/15/2020 |
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Freep Film Festival: Detroit Free Press Reporter Lily Altavena interviews Director Gilda Sheppard and Tonya Wilson, Reentry Outreach Coordinator for the Freedom Project
Host a Screening
Conversation with Adrienne Maree Brown
& Since I Been Down
Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum begins Yom Kippur Address by talking about Since I Been Down
Northwest Community Bail Fund
Panel Discussion with Gilda Sheppard, Kimonti Carter, and Tonya Wilson
Community Screenings & Featured Events
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