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The Sentence

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K. Austin Collins Vanity Fair 10/15/2018
The project is as painful as it is straightforward. Go to Full Review
Sheila O'Malley RogerEbert.com 10/12/2018
2.5/4
The Sentence is the beginning of a conversation that needs to continue. Go to Full Review
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times 10/11/2018
What unnecessary imprisonment does to families is often written about in abstract terms, but to see what it did to one specific family runs an emotional gamut that the patience of this heroically committed filmmaker does full justice to. Go to Full Review
Phil Guie Film-Forward.com 03/25/2019
5/5
As a depiction of how a family overcomes a most unimaginable crisis, The Sentence is triumphant. As a call for criminal justice reform, it is powerful and convincing. Go to Full Review
Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media 02/14/2019
3/5
Poignant docu about mandatory minimum imprisonment. Go to Full Review
Glenn Dunks The Film Experience 10/29/2018
C
The filmmaking quite rightly plays second fiddle through many of the more climactic sequences, but unfortunately for an audience that doesn't exactly make for great viewing. Go to Full Review
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Carson L Feb 18 Beautiful documentary See more 07/20/2019 The director does a great job telling the story of his sister! I watched the documentary 5 times and each time felt the injustice. See more 10/21/2018 This is the outcome of the most corrupt "for profiit" prison system on earth. The US imprisons more people than any country on earth. The Trump administration has made the prison system even more corrupt. People like Mitch McConnel profit from our tax dollars by putting women like this in prison. This country sucks. I'm disgusted by this sad film, disgusted by this country, and wish I could leave. I hope the bastards in Washington who make this country the shit hole it is where the rich take from the poor, rot in hell. I hope Donald Trump and all those who cover for him die an early and miserable death. This is no longer the land of the free. There is no justice in america. This is the land where the rich enslave the helpless. I hate America. At least other corrupt countries don't pretend to be something they are not. See more 10/20/2018 Excellent Documentary on how disgusting our mandatory sentencing laws are! MUST SEE!!!! See more 10/20/2018 Such a good movie to watch was just completely drawn in as soon as i turned it on. A must watch! Her brother was just such an inspiring person to me to never give up or turn your back on your family! So glad for the ending! And the kids wow! Definitely a tear jerker?????????? See more 10/18/2018 This one is a tear jerker! A documentary about a mom who is sent to prison for dating a drug dealer in her youth. It's a story of her family and her 3 young girls surviving youth w a mom who is sentenced under a manditory sentencing law that is unfair and unjust. See more Read all reviews
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Director
Rudy Valdez