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EVENTS
Screenings
Seattle University Law School | 11/13/2024 | Screening and Conversation with Kimonti Carter and Gilda Sheppard | ||
SIFF Film Center Cinema | 10/17/2024 | Screening and Panel. Sponsored by MacDonald, Haogue, and Bayless Law Firm | ||
Imagine Justice, AmeriCorps | 08/22/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda
Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | ||
Langston Cultural Arts Center “Special Policy Makers Screening “ | 07/31/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | ||
Green Hill Youth Prison
| 07/26/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard
and Kimonti Carter | ||
Institute of Black Justice:Freedom Summer Symposium | 06/22/2024 | Gilda Sheppard in Dialogue with Michelle Alexander author of The New Jim Crow | ||
Washington Corrections Center for Women, Gig Harbor | 06/01/2024 | Screening
and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard | ||
Thinking for Change, Seattle Central College | 05/21/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | ||
University of Washington, Bothell | 05/18/2024 | Screening and Discussion Kimonti
Carter | ||
Transforming Justice, Second Baptist Church, Everett | 05/11/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | ||
Alabama State University | 04/18/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard | ||
“Lit Friday” | 03/29/2024 | Conversation with Gilda Sheppard & Jessica Laney | ||
Race and Social Justice Symposium | 03/27/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Dr. Ben Danielson | ||
South Shore K-8 Public School Workshop | 03/27/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | ||
August Wilson African American Cultural Center | 02/29/2024 | Screening and
Discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | ||
Stafford Creek Correction Center | 02/29/2024 | Discussion with Gilda Sheppard | ||
Langston Cultural Arts Center | 02/24/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard | ||
Orting Branch Library | 02/17/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard | ||
Pierce County Library | 02/16/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard | ||
Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation | 02/11/2024 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard | ||
Multifaith Coalition for Restorative Justice Advocacy Day | 02/07/2024 | |||
Quimper Unitarian, Port Townsend | 12/07/2023 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard | ||
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship | 10/03/2023 | |||
Temple De Hirsch Sinai | 09/08/2023 | In person | Screening and in-person discussion with Rabbi Daniel Weiner, Gilda Shepard and Kimonti Carter | |
Rise Up Conference | 09/06/2023 | In person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Shappard and Kimonti Carter | |
YWCA of Olympia | 08/05/2023 | In Person | Screening and community conversation with Kimonti Carter and the Black’s Prisoner’s Caucus | |
Recovery Café | 07/26/2023 | In Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard | |
Seattle City Hall | 07/11/2023 | In Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | |
Institute of Back Justice Symposium | 06/22/2023 | Screening and Discussion with
Gilda Sheppard and Michelle Alexander | ||
Town Hall | 06/17/2023 | In Person | Screening and discussion with the Black Prisoner’s Caucus at the Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church | |
Filmmakers Workshop, Ghana | 04/22/2023 | In-Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard | |
City of Seattle | 03/23/2023 | In Person | Gilda Sheppard joins Seattle Office for Civil Rights Director Derrick Wheeler Smith and Dr. Ben Danielson at the Race & Social Justice Summit | |
The Corp Network, Washington DC | 03/07/2023 | In Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | |
Seattle City Hall | 02/25/2023 | In Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter for Black History Month | |
George Mason University | 02/24/2023 | Screening and Discussion with Gilda Sheppard | ||
UW Tacoma | 02/23/2023 | In Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard | |
Johannesburg, South Africa | 02/02/2023 | In-Person/Virtual | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard, Kimonti Carter and Tonya Wilson | |
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | 01/20/2023 | In-Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | |
Meaningful Movies | 01/19/2023 | Virtual and In-Person at the Mt. Baker Community Club | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | |
Plymouth Church | 12/10/2022 | In-Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter | |
Fordham University’s Center on Race, Law and Justice | 10/31/2022 | Virtual | Gilda Sheppard, Kimonti Carter, and Jeffrey Ellis speak to Anthony Dixon of the Parole Preparation Project | |
Recovery Café Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | 10/29/2022 | In-Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard | |
Community Justice Center, in Omaha, NE | 10/25/2022 | In-Person | Screening | |
Forgiveness and Accountability | 10/05/2022 | In-Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard and Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum in honor of Beth Shalom’s Yom Kippur Services | |
Beth Shalom Synagogue | 10/04/2022 | In-Person | Rabbi Jill Borodin invites Gilda Sheppard to her congregation's Yom Kippur sermon | |
Highline College | 09/30/2022 | In-Person | Center for Children & Youth Justice screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard | |
Seattle Arts & Culture for Anti-Racism | 09/22/2022 | In-Person | Screening and discussion with Greg Steen, Gilda Sheppard, Kimonti Carter and Tonya Wilson | |
King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office | 09/19/2022 | Virtual | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard, Tonya Wilson and Mary Flowers | |
Challenge 2.0 Podcast with Jeff Renner | 09/14/2022 | Virtual | Podcast with Jeff Renner with Gilda Sheppard, Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum and Rev Dr. Kelle Brown | |
Allied Media Conference | 07/02/2022 | Virtual | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard, Kimonti Carter, and Tonya Wilson, exploring how the film’s distribution has impacted their transformative justice advocacy. | |
253 Club/YWCA Pierce County | 06/30/2022 | In-person at The Grand Cinema, 606 Fawcett Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402 | Join the 253 Club for a free screening of "Since I Been Down." This documentary investigates how policies and inequities in WA State caused a generation of Black youth to serve life in prison. Post film discussion to be led by Gilda Sheppard & Tonya Wilson. | |
King County Health Jail Health Services Keynote/General Session | 06/08/2022 | Virtual | Key Note/ Panel Discussion with member of the King County Jail Health Services Team led by Gilda Sheppard & Dr. Audrey Covner. Making of the film, humanizing the person, addressing the stress on staff as they face racism both in their clients lives as well as their own work. | |
Yogahub Australia, Poppy Sloan | 05/30/2022 | In-person: Perth, Australia / Virtual: Post-Film Discussion | This discussion will aim to spread awareness about transformative justice & highlight Australia based in-prison educational & support programs. | |
Seattle Central College: Phebe Jewell | 05/17/2022 | In-person | Sharing this film with the students of Seattle Central College and Gilda talking about her process making the film and her extensive experience teaching in a number of prison in WA State. | |
Central Washington University: Christine Henderson, Department of Law and Justice | 05/17/2022 | Virtual & In-Person | Spread awareness to undergraduate students at Central Washington University about transformative justice and incarceration programming. | |
WA State Department of Children, Youth, and Families | 05/12/2022 | In-Person | ||
National Theater of Ghana | 04/28/2022 | In Person | Screening and discussion with Gilda Sheppard | |
2022 InLight Human Rights Documentary Film Festival | 04/15/2022 | In-Person | https://tvw.org/video/2021-state-supreme-court-symposium-2021061001/?eventID=2021061001 | Take part of a moving film festival at Indiana University, Bloomington by watching Since I Been Down. Stay after the screening to hear our director, Gilda Sheppard, and re-entry coordinator at the Freedom Project, Tonya Wilson, speak! |
After Incarceration | 04/14/2022 | Virtual | https://tvw.org/video/2021-state-supreme-court-symposium-2021061001/?eventID=2021061001 | Watch Since I Been Down from April 11-18th. Then, join other community members to hear from a moving panel about restorative re-entry and the culture of punishment in our communities. |
Living Arts Cultural Heritage Center | 04/09/2022 | |||
Seattle Prep School Assembly | 04/08/2022 | |||
University of Puget Sound | 04/07/2022 | |||
The Corps Network | 04/05/2022 | |||
The Parable Tacoma | 04/03/2022 | |||
The Gatekeepers | 03/31/2022 | |||
CHOOSE180, and the Freedom Project WA | 03/15/2022 | |||
Center for Humane Services | 03/07/2022 | |||
Living Arts Cultural Heritage Center | 02/27/2022 | |||
Merrimack College | 02/24/2022 | |||
Institute for Black Justice | 02/24/2022 | |||
Tacoma Urban Performance Arts Center | 02/20/2022 | |||
YWCA of Olympia | 02/19/2022 | |||
Alliance for Higher Education in Prison | 02/15/2022 | |||
Lewis & Clark, Criminal Justice Reform Clinic | 02/09/2022 | |||
Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative | 02/06/2022 | |||
Bright Future Now | 02/06/2022 | |||
WA Therapy Fund Association | 02/04/2022 | |||
Vashon-Maury SURJ | 01/23/2022 | |||
Meaningful Movies Spokane | 01/19/2022 | |||
FAME & TDHS Present Since I Been Down: Criminal Justice Reform Discussion | 01/15/2022 | |||
Screening & Conversation at Northwest Community Bail Fund | 12/13/2021 | |||
Civil Survival Presents the Film Since I Been Down | 11/30/2021 | |||
National Conference on Higher Education in Prison | 11/13/2021 | |||
Screening at Ebenezer Baptist Church | 11/12/2021 | |||
Visualizing Abolition: Conversation with Adrienne Maree Brown and Gilda Sheppard | 10/26/2021 | |||
Multi-faith Dialogue for a More Humane Justice System | 10/24/2021 | |||
Gilda Sheppard at The Documentary Toolkit | 08/19/2021 | |||
2021 State Supreme Court Symposium | 06/02/2021 | |||
Correctional Education Association Leadership Forum | 05/15/2021 | |||
King County Library | 04/24/2021 | |||
Consortium for Innovative Environments in Learning | 04/16/2021 | |||
DOCNYC 2020 Since I Been Down, Facebook Live | 11/15/2020 | |||
Washington State Department of Corrections | 03/01/2020 | |||
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Festivals
Centre Film Festival | 2021 |
Social Justice Film Festival | 2021 |
Freep Film Festival | 2021 |
The Reel Hilltopia Film Festival | 2021 |
Montreal International Black Film Festival | 2021 |
Oakland Film Festival | 2021 |
Local Sightings Festival 2021 | 2021 |
Local Sightings Festival | 2021 |
Sebastopol Film Festival | 2021 |
Milwaukee Film Festival | 2021 |
Thin Line Festival | 2021 |
Halifax Black Film Festival | 2021 |
Big Sky Film Festival | 2021 |
Toronto Black Film Festival | 2021 |
Detroit Free Press Freep Film Festival | 2020 |
DOCNYC 2020 with Live Panel | 2020 |
Tacoma International Film Festival | 2020 |
Portland Film Festival | 2020 |
DOKTOBER at the Pickford | 2020 |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards with a live panel featuring Director Gilda Sheppard and Tonya Wilson, Reentry Outreach Coordinator for The Freedom Project | 2020 |
Social Justice Film Festival with Live Panel | 2020 |
Cleveland International Film Festival | 2020 |
Cineverse International Film Festival | 2024 |
Rotterdam Independent Film Festival | |
Lion International Film Festival | |
Dialog Film Festival | 2024 |
The Great Britain Silver Screen Award | |
Abuja International Film Festival | |
La Femme International Film Festival | 2024 |
San Francisco Documentary Film Festival | 2024 |
Black Bottom Film Festival | 2023 |
New York City Independent Film Festival Gilda Sheppard for Best Director | 2023 |
Indie Fest Film | 2024 |
Documentaries without Borders International Film Festival | |
Birsamunda International Film Festival | 2024 |
The Micheaux Film Festival | 2024 |
New York Independent Film Festival | |
Oscar Micheaux Film Festival October | 2024 |
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Freep Film Festival: Detroit Free Press Reporter Lily Altavena interviews Director Gilda Sheppard and Tonya Wilson, Reentry Outreach Coordinator for the Freedom Project
Host a Screening
Conversation with Adrienne Maree Brown
& Since I Been Down
Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum begins Yom Kippur Address by talking about Since I Been Down
Northwest Community Bail Fund
Panel Discussion with Gilda Sheppard, Kimonti Carter, and Tonya Wilson
Community Screenings & Featured Events
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