Luchando por la libertad (2023)
A lo largo de dos años, How We Get Free sigue a Elisabeth Epps en su lucha por abolir la fianza en metálico en Colorado y poner fin a la criminalización de la pobreza. Epps es la fundadora del Colorado Freedom Fund, uno de los más de 100 fondos comunitarios para fianzas que existen en todo el país y que se pusieron en marcha para ayudar a las personas encarceladas que no pueden pagar su fianza antes del juicio. Para Epps, este trabajo es personal: ella misma pasó un tiempo en la cárcel, siendo testigo de las condiciones que está tan desesperada por cambiar. La película comienza en el otoño de 2020, mientras recorre Denver con miles de cheques de caja en la mano, pagando fianzas (o, como dice Epps, "rescates") y discutiendo con el sheriff local sobre el futuro de la policía. Pero tras años de activismo de base, y tras el ajuste de cuentas racial de 2020, Epps se enfrenta a un nuevo reto: las llamadas de su comunidad para que se presente como candidata a diputada estatal.
Dirección: Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha M. Knowles.
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Elisabeth Epps as Self |
| Directing | Geeta Gandbhir | Director |
| Directing | Samantha M. Knowles | Director |
| Production | Anya Rous | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sweta Vohra | Producer |
| Production | Jess Devaney | Producer |
| Production | Sam Dolnick | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kathleen Lingo | Producer |
| Camera | Julia Liu | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rabab Haj Yahya | Editor |
| Production | Nicholas Kulish | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Laura Heinzinger | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sara Rodriguez | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nancy Abraham | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lisa Heller | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Abby Harrison | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jessie Marek | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Brandon McKain-Miller | Grip |
| Camera | Keith Heyward | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Alana Hauser | Coordinating Producer |
| Camera | Asad Faruqi | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Keith Heyward | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Crew | Grace Mendenhall | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Ameena Din | Finance |
| Production | Paula Andrea Gonzalez-Nasser | Additional Production Assistant |
| Crew | Dana Green | Legal Services |
| Production | Sara McFarlane | Business Affairs Coordinator |
| Sound | Yong Shu Ling | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Mary Jeanes | Gaffer |
| Crew | Katie Bigley | Legal Services |
| Production | Jonathan Portee | Post Producer |
| Production | Jot Sahi | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Talal Jarbari | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Julio Ramirez | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Erik Borenstein | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Rob Coca | Additional Camera |
| Production | Paulette Marte | Producer |
| Sound | Jay Rubin | Sound Post Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Todd Yeager | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Michelle Lamardo | Legal Services |
| Sound | Filipe Messeder | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Emily Gilmer | Sound Post Supervisor |
| Crew | Ylana Stumer Hersh | Legal Services |
| Art | Juan Salvo | Art Direction |
| Production | Sarah Yi Fineman | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Ryah Aqel | Associate Producer |
| Production | Rob Coca | Production Assistant |
| Production | Jake Seymour | Finance |
| Crew | Anna Richman | Thanks |
| Crew | Caitlin Roper | Thanks |
| Production | Pablo Pedroso | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Daria Serna | Thanks |
| Crew | Kwasi Craigwell | Thanks |
| Crew | Eric Sloss | Thanks |
| Crew | Nicole Page | Legal Services |
| Crew | Clara Davies | Thanks |
| Crew | Jessica Howard | Thanks |
| Crew | Qusair Mohamedbhai | Thanks |
| Crew | Sofia Smith | Thanks |
| Crew | Alexis Galfas | Thanks |
| Crew | Stephanie Preiss | Thanks |
| Crew | Jason Stallman | Thanks |
| Crew | Reavis Page Jump | Legal Services |
| Production | Morgan Hulquist | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | MJ Coleman | Thanks |
| Crew | Rachel B. Doyle | Thanks |
| Sound | Jairo Garcia | Sound Mix Technician |