HARVARD LAW TODAY, “Did recalling the judge in an infamous sexual assault case lead to justice?”

“As Richman Cohen teaches her students, films like Recall: Reframed, now screening at film festivals around the country in addition to MSNBC, can be a vital tool for legal advocates looking to raise critical questions about justice, accountability, and the future of the criminal system. ‘My hope is that we stop our knee jerk response to violence by seeking harsh punishments, that we question those impulses, and that we can open our imaginations to envision a world that provides justice for sexual violence that doesn’t also perpetuate the harms of mass incarceration.’”

—Rachel Reed
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SCREEN COMMENT: The paths to justice are manifold

“Forces people to see the nuance of this issue… The recall campaign against Persky focused time, resources and energy away from discussions about sentencing reform and better tailoring sentences to specific crimes rather than bowing to entrenched minimum sentencing guidelines.”

—Eric Althoff
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MSNBC, “Was recalling Brock Turner’s judge justice?”

“’Recall: Reframed’ ends with a question that should be central to any feminist movement that incorporates the lessons we have learned since the death of George Floyd: How do we support survivors and hold the people who have caused harm accountable without expanding a penal system that imposes pain on the marginalized and reproduces racial and other inequalities?

—Aya Gruber
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VALOR, “The Recall: Reframed”

“Survivors deserve justice and healing. They deserve a path forward that doesn’t target Black and Brown communities. They deserve more than criminalization.”

VALOR will be hosting a screening of The Recall: Reframed at the National Sexual Assault Conference®, August 22-24, 2023.

—VALOR Staff
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