“For America to Rise It’s a Matter of Black Lives / And We Gonna Free Them, So We Can Free Us”

Dietrich, Dawn

doi:10.5325/pacicoasphil.54.2.0220

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“…325-326). More recent visual analyses recognize the processes of healing, public privacies of motherhood, societal implications of family photos, and prison theatrical performance (Dietrich 2019;Mannay et al, 2018). Valuing the non-verbal, they recognize a process-oriented shift from a singular "objective" reality to a reflexive dialogue of standpoints between its producers and viewers (Burns et al, 2020;Vannini 2015), enriching the reciprocal tensions on screen and in the viewer as well.…”

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“Reconstruction Has Stopped the Nonsense”

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Increasing research attention is being given to former felons, or returning citizens, after their release from prison. This paper contributes to that dialogue by exploring the documentary-making process of a grassroots organization founded by and for returning citizens and their families, and the contributions it made when it was completed in 1996, and continues to make today. Little is known about how community organizations can use the making of an organizational documentary to build the capacities of the organization, its affiliates, a neighborhood, and social change. By exploring the collaborations and challenges that took place during the local reintegration process back into family and community, the start and completion of the documentary in the mid-1990s was quite innovative. This article analyzes reciprocal tensions of service (Simmel 1908) reflected in the documentary when it was completed in 1996, and its continuing relevance to the growth of returning citizenship today.

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