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The Sentence

The Sentence

Screening

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

October 8, 2018

Monday, 6:45 PM

The Sentence, Rudy Valdez (Dir.), 85 minutes, USA, 2018

BIFF USA: Domestic Documentaries

WNY Premiere

Rudy Valdez examines how draconian mandatory drug sentencing laws affect families after his sister Cindy Shank is sentenced to 15 years in a federal prison for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. An HBO Documentary Films Release.

Festivals: Sundance (Audience Award Winner - Documentary)

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Video from The Sentence

Directed by: Rudy Valdez

Modified

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5:15 PM Friday Oct 5, 2018

North Park Theatre

Inspired by her mother - a passionate food activist and farmer, a food blogger questions why GMO labels are hidden in USA & Canada.

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BIFF Shorts: Next Chapters

6:30 PM Sunday Oct 7, 2018

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Global and domestic narratives and docs about rolling with the punches, reinvention and moving on.

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Manry at Sea

12:00 PM Friday Oct 5, 2018

North Park Theatre

Robert Manry, a copy-editor from Cleveland, sets sail solo across the Atlantic from Falmouth, MA to Falmouth, England in 1964.

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