conducting hope
Limited release
Nationwide Broadcast on PBS and American Public Television
“Conducting Hope promotes debate about the purpose of prison and challenges students to think about more innovative and restorative alternatives to the traditional ‘lock ‘em up’ approach to criminal justice."
Stacy Lee Burns, Professor of Sociology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
"Inspiring...suggested for larger collections, including colleges and universities serving music-therapy, arts, and criminal-justice students."
Booklist
"Depicts a very important program at work in Kansas’ correctional system. The film is a very rare opportunity for people to educate themselves about our prison system, and the human beings that are within our prisons’ walls."
Alex M. Holsinger, Ph.D., Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology, University of Missouri – Kansas City
“Heart-warming...Conducting Hope illustrates the fact that as humans, yes, we can impart hope in prisons and others in challenging contexts through the powerful medium of group singing.”
Mary L. Cohen, Ph.D., Area Head, Music Education, University of Iowa School of Music
"Engaging...should find a receptive audience in libraries..."
Library Journal
Stacy Lee Burns, Professor of Sociology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
"Inspiring...suggested for larger collections, including colleges and universities serving music-therapy, arts, and criminal-justice students."
Booklist
"Depicts a very important program at work in Kansas’ correctional system. The film is a very rare opportunity for people to educate themselves about our prison system, and the human beings that are within our prisons’ walls."
Alex M. Holsinger, Ph.D., Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology, University of Missouri – Kansas City
“Heart-warming...Conducting Hope illustrates the fact that as humans, yes, we can impart hope in prisons and others in challenging contexts through the powerful medium of group singing.”
Mary L. Cohen, Ph.D., Area Head, Music Education, University of Iowa School of Music
"Engaging...should find a receptive audience in libraries..."
Library Journal
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Genre: Documentary, Crime, Sociology, Music, PBS
Synopsis: Recidivism rates for prisoners have never been higher. Now the new documentary film CONDUCTING HOPE explores an inspiring solution, in the story of the East Hills Singers, the only men’s prison choir in the country to perform outside prison walls. Highlighting the extraordinary therapeutic power of music to change lives, the choir is also comprised in part by volunteer community members who serve as role models as well as former inmates who continue to sing with the choir after release. As they prepare for an upcoming concert outside prison and perform before hundreds of people, including, family, the film movingly portrays how a group of present and former prisoners, together with community volunteers, can forge a successful path back into society. Film Information:
Director: Margie Friedman DVDCAT#: PRDVD2730 UPC: 013964695373 SRP: $49.95 Runtime: 57 min. Rating: NR Language: English Production Year: 2013 |
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