Category Archives: News & Updates

The Courage to Act

Posted in: Director's Notes, News & Updates | August 15, 2012 at 6:06 pm , by Unlikely Friends

In one word, how would you describe the recent “Responsibility, Rehabilitation & Restoration: A Symposium on Crime, Punishment and the Common Good in California” Conference at Loyola Marymount University last week? COURAGE! The courage to be an activist for restorative justice. The courage to talk about the steps towards forgiveness...

How I was I was inspired to make Unlikely Friends

Posted in: News & Updates | July 10, 2012 at 10:41 pm , by Unlikely Friends

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Nelson, the bank robber featured in my first documentary, Road to Return, was consumed with an overriding compulsion to visit the bank he robbed after he was released from prison and APOLOGIZE. He told me the story. Sitting around a conference table in a small town community bank tucked in...

Why I make documentaries on criminal justice reform.

Posted in: News & Updates | June 28, 2012 at 6:53 pm , by Unlikely Friends

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I was schooled in criminal justice reform by a former bank robber. Nelson had his sentence commuted by the Governor of Louisiana a couple of years prior to us sitting in a van outside the prison he had been housed for 12 years, Dixon Correctional Institute. I was working on...

Donate to Unlikely Friends

Posted in: Director's Notes, News & Updates | May 15, 2012 at 6:31 pm , by Unlikely Friends

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Join us on Facebook & Twitter

Posted in: News & Updates | January 26, 2011 at 4:15 pm , by Unlikely Friends

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Next time you log into Facebook or Twitter, make sure to join Unlikely Friends to stay updated and inspired. You can find the page at www.Facebook.com/UnlikelyFriendsForgive and @UFforgive...