Since I Been Down (2020)
In 1993, Washington State voters passed the three-strikes law and sent children to prison for life without parole. We feared these children as irredeemable superpredators. Our fear was wrong, but in 2020, sixteen states continue to keep children in prison for life. "Since I Been Down" shows the power of these children, now adults nearly forty years later, creating a true path to justice and healing from inside their prison walls.
Director: Gilda Sheppard
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Kimonti Carter as Self |
| Production | Saman Maydani | Producer |
| Writing | Gilda Sheppard | Writer |
| Camera | Futsum Tsegai | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Canh Nguy | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gilda Sheppard | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Carlos Esparza | Music |
| Production | June Nho Ivers | Producer |
| Sound | Tara Munoz | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Saman Maydani | Editor |
| Directing | Gilda Sheppard | Director |