An immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.
09.12.2019
6:00 p.m. EDT
Harold Washington Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S State Street
Chicago, IL 60605
The Marshall Project presents the launch of We Are Witnesses: Chicago. A selection of films from the new series will be shown, followed by a panel discussion with the Witnesses moderated by Carroll Bogert, President of The Marshall Project.
The panelists include:
Cleopatra and Nathaniel Pendleton
Carrie Steiner
Xavier McElrath-Bey
Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia
Additional media sponsors: WBEZ, The Chicago Reader and Univision Chicago
We Are Witnesses: Chicago is produced by The Marshall Project in partnership with Kartemquin Films and Illinois Humanities. We Are Witnesses is directed by Maggie Bowman and Stacy Robinson.