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Video: Tuesday Afternoon
Tuesday Afternoon follows Jack Powers—who spent 33 years in federal prison for bank robbery—on his first day in the free world, traveling from a prison in Pennsylvania to a halfway house in New Hampshire, with stops along the way to visit his mother and scatter the ashes of his son, who died while Jack was behind bars.
Co-produced by Solitary Watch and The New York Times.
Director & Cinematographer, Pete Quandt
Editor & Producer, Chris Kelley
Running time: 13 minutes
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Makes me want to hear the whole story of his life. I gather he has died?
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Powers was still alive in 2022. Here’s the original piece that appeared in Psyche:
https://psyche.co/films/after-decades-in-prison-jack-navigates-the-strange-beautiful-outside-world
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Moving and a possible force for change. I recommend The Sentencing Project to help effect that change: https://www.sentencingproject.org.
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Thanks, Louise. The justice system in this country is in need of serious reform.
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You’re so right! It’s not a huge help, but a percentage of every cent I spend on amazon goes to the Sentencing Project. A big bad supporting a little good?
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Thank you. Powerful.
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How deeply moving– what loving cinematography. I’ll return to this video. That one tear on the man’s cheek by the lake…
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I find this film very moving. Our society throws people away as if they are garbage. This film looks at the effects of that bias.
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