The (In)Justice for All Film Festival is an exciting and groundbreaking event designed to raise awareness about the magnitude of the harm caused by mass incarceration by harnessing the creative energies of dedicated, socially conscious filmmakers. See these films, expand your mind, grow your heart, and join the movement for justice.

- Michelle Alexander

7th Annual (In)Justice For All Film Festival

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NOTE: Our festival is being delayed as a result of user experience testing that did not meet the goals of our festival team. We are in the process of a new round of evaluations, and as soon as that is completed, and a new vendor is chosen, we will post the new festival dates.

ALERT: With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, our festival committee has decided that we will be moving forward with our 2020 festival as planned. While our desire is to have a typical festival with multiple venues and events over a 10-day period, we are putting in place plans to hold a virtual festival using streaming technology for movie viewings and Zoom conferencing for interactive panel and filmmaker discussions. We are excited by the possibilities of the online festival! We will also be able to share with an audience of over 8,000 church members and over 30,000 social media followers on our various platforms. We fully expect our online presence to be a component of all future festivals!

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We continue to be excited about what the future holds and hope that you - our audience, our filmmakers, and fellow activists - will be also.

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For our festival veterans, be sure to read through our issue focus as we will really be prioritizing films that provide a clear call-to-action. One of the things that has made our festival so unique is that it is entirely free to attend. That is because our goals are to grow awareness of key justice issues, the epidemic of Mass Incarceration sitting atop our list of priorities and, importantly, to grow the contingent of grass roots activists working to address theses issues.

Congratulations to our 7th Annual Film Festival Official Selections!

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• Wake | Director, Breeana Hinton

• Trapped: Cash Bail in America | Directors, Garrett Hubbard & Chris L. Jenkins

• The Thin Blue Variety Show | Producer, Kyle Andrews

• The First Rainbow Coalition | Director, Ray Santisteban

• Shattered Pieces | Directors, Kerry Ann Frazier & Chris Sanders

• Raided | Director, Simon Davis-Cohen

• Prison Circle | Director, Kaori Sakagami

• "No More..." Hashtag Campaign | Director, Whitney Cusack

• In Their Shoes: Unheard Stories of Reentry and Recovery
  | Director, Taylor Katsanis

• Illegal | Director, Nick Alexander

• Home Boy Joy Ride | Director, Paul Steinbroner

• Gets Good Light | Director, Alejandra Parody

• Get Woke Philly | Director, Gilberto Gonzalez

• Get Vocal - A Day of Action on Bail Reform | Director, Kristina Teschner

• Geographies of Racial Capitalism with Ruth Wilson Gilmore 
  | Director, Kenton Card

• First Year OUT | Director, Valérie Manns

• Face It | Director, Mia Neumann

• Don't Forget Them | Director, Kamaran Karym

• Cooked: Survival by ZIP Code | Director, Judith Helfand

• Conviction | Director, Jia Wertz

• Book By Its Cover | Director, Renee Fischer

• Bayt Jadeed: Seeking Home | Directors, Danica Simonet & Mackenzie Kuhl

• Augustus | Director, Jon Alston

• A Better Way | Director, Clay Vaughan

• 3 Day Eviction | Director, Brian L. Tan

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Festival Partners!

The Next Movement is extremely thankful to our 2020 partners, without whom our festival would not have nearly the impact, breadth, or depth that we are able to realize: 

Affordable Power and Justice  • Black Law Students Association of Northwestern University School of Law  • Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression • Chicago Community Bond Fund •  Chicago Metropolitan Association-Justice Witness Ministry • Community Renewal Society • Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church • Gorham United Methodist Church • Interfaith Coalition Against Racism • Kartemquin Films • McCormick Theological Seminary • Nehemiah Trinity Rising • Positive Anti-Crime Thrust • South Side Projections • Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) • Trinity UCC Ministries • Uri-Eichen Gallery

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2020 Financial Sponsors