October 18, 2023, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Please join the Emerson Prison Initiative on Wednesday, October 18, at 4:00 p.m. for screening of College Behind Bars, a documentary film directed by award-winning filmmaker Lynn Novick, produced by Sarah Botstein, and executive produced by Ken Burns, that tells the story of a small group of incarcerated men and women struggling to earn college degrees and turn their lives around in one of the most rigorous and effective prison education programs in the United States – the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). Emerson College's own Emerson Prison Initiative is modeled on BPI.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Rodney Spivey-Jones and Tamara 'Triizzy' Barley--two Bard Prison Initiative graduates featured in the film--and Charles Rosario, an Emerson Prison Initiative graduate.
The event will be held in the Bright Family Screening Room in the Emerson Paramount Center at 559 Washington Street, Boston, MA. Please RSVP if you are able to attend.