In 1993, Washington State voters passed the three-strikes law and sent children to prison for life without parole. We feared these children as irredeemable superpredators. Our fear was wrong, but in 2020, sixteen states continue to keep children in prison for life. SINCE I BEEN DOWN shows the power of these children, now adults nearly forty years later, creating a true path to justice and healing from inside their prison walls.
“We dare say that a lot of the answers society is searching for (today) will be found in prison” — Touré Zimbabwe.
GILDA SHEPPARD DirectorvWomen Together As One, The Yard People
Saman Maydani Writer Even the Walls
June Nho Ivers Producer
Saman Maydani Producer Even the Walls
Gilda Sheppard Producer Women Together As One, The Yard People
Kimonti Carter Key Cast
Tonya Wilson Key Cast
Mary Flowers Key Cast
Jeff Ellis Key Cast
Detective John Ringer Key Cast
Detective Barry McColeman Key Cast
Vital Project Fund Foundation Support Risk, Shadow World, Solitary, Untouchable, Do Not Resist, Citizen four
Riverstyx Foudation Foundation SupportThe House I Live In
Maritz Family Foundation Foundation Support
Satterberg Foundation Foundation Support
Fabian’s Fund Foundation Support
City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Foundation Support
