The new documentary ‘The Sentence’ opens with a Michigan family hustling to get six-year-old Autumn ready for her dance recital as her two younger sisters play in the background. Then the phone rings.

A documentary about survivors of domestic violence in New Jersey is being used to advocate for sentencing reform. ‘Set Her Free: Exposing the Trauma to Prison Pipeline’ follows the lives of several ...

The film’s executive producer, Dr. Jamila Davis, spoke to theGrio about how the film came together and explained that it is “intentionally designed to sit at the intersection of storytelling and ...