Film Screening of Sansón and Me

Sansón and Me is a story a decade in the making, which began when filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes served as a court interpreter in rural California for the then 19-year old Sansón Noé Andrade, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who was sentenced to two life sentences without parole. The film is a vibrant portrait of a friendship navigating immigration and the depths of mass incarceration. Sansón and Me pushes the boundaries of cinematic imagination to rescue a young person’s story from oblivion, and makes the case for a justice system that works to protect those who are vulnerable, rather than continue to reinforce cycles of violence.

The nonprofit Represent Justice is running a national impact campaign to bring the film and conversations about incarceration and immigration with Sansón and Rodrigo to prisons, lawyers, journalism schools, advocacy organizations and community programs: https://www.representjustice.org/campaigns/sanson-and-me/.

This webinar screening of Sansón and Me will be followed by a group discussion of the film and the ways in which the most vulnerable in the legal system can be served.