Outstanding friend, son, uh, outstanding pillar for his family.

He would give up the little that he has just to help somebody else.

And I think it takes a humble person to be able to do that.

When you think about that word kidnapping and you think about what it entails, it doesn't fit Joseph at all.

The thought of him going to jail blows my mind.

E Look at him.

There's nothing intimidating about him at all.

And now he's gonna have to suffer for 12 to 15 years.

Everything I don't I can't imagine prison No, with anybody crying right now, because it's just me.

Anybody feel that that's the power of these films.

Our job is to make judges suffer.

It used to be really easy for them.

Plug in the numbers, give him a guideline sentence and be done with it.

This judge was made to suffer.

And so Mr Do Ruth, the young kid who was head over heels in love with a girl, there's a huge family rift, he snapped, supposedly kidnapped her, had a weapon and transported across state lines.

So he's facing these massive, terrible, ugly charges, right?

A rookie mistake would be to pick an image that was on the nose like maybe show a jail sales.

Instead, they made the choice to show him a little bit younger Spider Man T shirt, that kind of thing.

And the judge is looking at that kid saying that could be my own kid.

So this was the one that the guidelines sends Was 135 months.

He received a sentence of three months.

Jill Jill, Gin sling.

Did I say that right?

Is Jill here?

Hey, come on up.

Yeah, I was very excited that the film was selected for the festival.

Quite frankly, I wasn't sure that it was It was good enough.

I helped with the editing and because I knew the judge, you know, I felt like I could help pick and choose what I thought might be effective for him.

First of all, it's a weird experience being on this side of the camera, cause I'm usually on that side of the camera, and it's also a weird experience, having to sort of pull back the curtain on what we do in these training sessions because there is, like a, I guess, a little bit of secret sauce.

I mean, the reality of it is this isn't your typical sentencing film festival.

This is the way we teach lawyers how to do this.

It's just a nontraditional learning session.

Come, I'm from Arizona.

It's a two hour time difference.

I'm not exactly sure what time it is now, but I'm pretty sure it's wine o'clock.

Go and pour yourself a glass and let's have some fun and get started.

The Handle's Journeys.

A theory by a guy named Joseph Campbell.

One of the ideas behind it is the old stories and pulled the same characters.

Every story has a hero.

They usually just yet average Joe in the beginning because the audience has to relate to.

You're making this up.

I don't think about it.

All great stories have humorous.

They start small with problems.

All the cub.

Then they gained wisdom and power to solve that conflicts.

You're talking about Skywalker?

Exactly, Ping.

All right, so that's the stages those air the characters.

Now let's see if we can make this practical toe what we d'oh the rookie mistake.

When we do these movies is to just slap someone on a couch and do a parade of talking heads.

Juvenile Justice System failed when it came to Chris.

Child Protective Service is wasn't there to save him?

I think we both was just trying to survive.

That's not a movie.

The way we really get to the heart of the matter is through pictures, right?

That's what transports us into the world of empathy.

And here, the fact that he was so devoted to his family it meant something.

Maur, the doctor says She's 50 50 because of kidney was already ruptured, and the poison was already leaking into her body.

Two weeks later, I went into a coma.

Things was coming.

Dude, you know, the rent was dope.

They was coming to shut off the lights.

How was I supposed to pay for it?

I was desperate, but I just hope that someone understands why I did it.

I'm not saying that I'm not guilty.

I'm only human and try to understand that we all fall short from time.

Great job.

Okay, so there's a There's a big debate.

Do we put music in these?

You know, and I say if you can do it.

Do it.

And here Mr Sloane is a gospel singer.

Me and my dad, we make gospel music.

That was him and his dad's music in there, which is absolutely brilliant.

And more importantly, it was absolutely integrated into the story, right?

So this is a story of an explanation of why this crime happened.

He was desperate for money.

His wife, the love of his life, had taken ill.

He had this transitory possession of a weapon.

He made a small amount of money, and now he's in a heap of trouble.

So the government's arguing for 33 months sentence three years probation.

It's really emotional watching these videos, and these films air real good representation of the real America.

The people that we represent are living their lives in this America that most people don't see and don't think about.

But it says this is Israel as it gets.

These folks are like me.

This could be my own son.

This could be my own daughters myself.

And so our job is not to go for sympathy.

Oh, they've had such a hard life for me that never gets us anywhere.

Our job is to go for empathy.

Lights, please, my friend.

Anybody who's been in our system and live these cases know that what's happening now is complete and utter bullshit.

There have been hundreds and hundreds of people have been convicted in court beyond a reasonable doubt.

It's come out that it's not true.

They're in its I don't know what how to stop.

I never made it to my son's funeral.

Son was likely the other human beings, so they deserve a little bit more consideration than our sentencing chart pulled out of.

Someone's asked.

I'm sorry that we didn't do the things you did save you.

Being in a situation wants me to look at me.

And sometimes you don't like the person you see.

Looking back, I'm in an adversarial system.

It's two sides of story.

They've got their story.

I've got a heart.

Here's your second place.

And Ray Marcel Williams, This is for our habeas Who produced a killer?

No.

Sorry.

A kick ass.

Like they say about writers, you know, if you want to be a writer, right?

Just go right.

Make a movie.

Yeah, I think it was great.

I think I think each clip was really impactful in his own way, and I was surprised.

I was literally crying at the last movie, and I don't know if I cried the first time I saw it, but I felt like maybe it was the energy in the room or something, like you could hear a pin drop.

How was he will ever see it.

But what would you say is documentary filmmaking the literal, absolute truth?

So So So No, it's not what it is is the emotional truth.

All right, Good enough, right?

Tiptoe, black baby.