The Green Mountain Film Festival and the Essex Community Justice Center bring you Life After Life

LIFE AFTER LIFE follows the stories of Harrison, Noel, and Chris as they return home from San Quentin State Prison. After spending most of their lives incarcerated, they are forced to reconcile their perception of themselves with a reality they are unprepared for. Each struggles to overcome personal demons and reconstruct their fractured lives. Grappling with day-to-day challenges and striving for success, they work to reconnect with family and provide for themselves for the first time in their adult lives. Told in an unadorned verite style, we experience the truth of their heartaches and triumphs. As their stories unfold over weeks, months and years, the precarious nature of freedom after incarceration in America is revealed.

“A really powerful film… [Life After Life] presents such a clear message about the strength of the human spirit.” John Raphling, Human Rights Watch

Join panelists Tamara Perkins (Director and Producer), Anna Saxman (Deputy Defender General), Karen Holmes (Reentry Coordinator for the Essex Community Justice Center), a Parole Officer from Burlington P&P, and 2 formerly incarcerated individuals for a discussion following the screening.

Find director/producer Tamara Perkins’ TEDx Talk here: https://youtu.be/ofI4W6nj7dw