Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
Series produced by Chris Moore-Backman
Image by: Lloyd DeGrane
Inspired by Michelle Alexander's groundbreaking book THE NEW JIM CROW: MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLORBLINDNESS, this series of radio documentaries explores the intersection of the drug war, mass incarceration, and race in the contemporary U.S.
Episode One-- A Bitter Harvest: California, Marijuana, and the New Jim Crow
Episode Two-- On the Other Side of the Myth: A Conversation with Michelle Alexander and Tim Wise
Episode Three-- Children of the Same Sorrow: The U.S./Mexico Caravan for Peace Takes On the Drug War
3 Pieces
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This moving and provocative documentary chronicles the historic journey of the “U.S./Mexico Caravan for Peace,” which from August 12th to Septembe...
- Added: Sep 26, 2012
- Length: 59:00
This second installment in the series titled Bringing Down the New Jim Crow features the first ever dialog between legal scholar Michelle Alexander...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 59:00
This documentary views Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" through the lens of California's ma...
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 59:00
