Apart

Premiered February 21, 2022

Directed by

Jennifer Redfearn

In a country leading the world in incarcerating women, meet three mothers fighting to rebuild their lives.

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About the Documentary

Since the beginning of the War on Drugs, the number of women in U.S. prisons has grown by over 800%. The majority are mothers.

Three unforgettable formerly incarcerated mothers, imprisoned for drug-related charges, fight to overcome alienation—and a society that labels them “felons”—to readjust to life with their families.

The Filmmakers

Jennifer Redfearn (Director/Producer) is the Oscar-nominated director and producer of Sun Come Up. Her film Tocando La Luz (Touch the Light) aired on PBS, and she was a field director and consulting producer on SXSW Audience Award-winner Landfill Harmonic. She has produced docs for PBS, BBC, National Geographic, CNN, and Discovery, and is director of the documentary program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Oscar-nominated producer and Emmy-nominated cinematographer Tim Metzger (Producer/Cinematogapher) also filmed and produced Sun Come Up, as well as Tocando La Luz (Touch the Light). He was DP for several Emmy-nominated series, including National Geographic's The Story of God with Morgan Freeman and Discovery's Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero. Tim's work has also appeared on PBS, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, and HBO.

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