After Innocence
After Innocence is a 2005 American documentary film about men who were exonerated from death row by DNA evidence. Directed by Jessica Sanders, the film won the Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.[3]
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| Directed by | Jessica Sanders |
| Written by | Jessica Sanders Marc H. Simon |
| Produced by | Jessica Sanders Marc H. Simon |
| Cinematography | Shana Hagan Buddy Squires Bestor Cram Bob Richmond |
| Music by | Charles Bernstein |
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| Distributed by | New Yorker Films |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The featured exonerees are Dennis Maher; Calvin Willis; Scott Hornoff; Wilton Dedge; Vincent Moto; Nick Yarris; Ronald Cotton; and Herman Atkins. Also featured are Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld of the Innocence Project and Lola Vollen of the Life After Exoneration Program.
Awards
- Sundance Film Festival—Special Jury Prize; Grand Jury Prize (nominated)
- Seattle International Film Festival—Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award
- Newport Beach Film Festival—Special Jury Prize
- Independent Film Festival of Boston—Audience Award
- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival—Content + Intent = Change Award
- Nantucket Film Festival—Best Storytelling In A Documentary
See also
- List of wrongful convictions in the United States
- Innocence Project
- List of miscarriage of justice cases
- Race in the United States criminal justice system
- Capital punishment in the United States
- Innocent prisoner's dilemma
- Miscarriage of justice
- False confession
- Overturned convictions in the United States
- Capital punishment debate in the United States
- List of exonerated death row inmates
References
- "After Innocence (2005)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- Foundas, Scott (8 February 2005). "After Innocence". Variety.
- Brussat, Frederic; Brussat, Mary Ann. "After Innocence | Film Review". Spirituality & Practice. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
External links
- Homepage
- After Innocence at Working Films
- "For the Wrongly Convicted, New Trials Once the Cell Opens", The New York Times, January 25, 2005. (PDF link)
- After Innocence at IMDb
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