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
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.