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'After Innocence': Riveting stories of the wrongly convicted
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

At first, the documentary "After Innocence" comes off as something you wouldn't like. There's that "sensitive music" the morning shows always play when they're about to do an inspiring segment on someone who's managed to live a full life without a head. Further, the film is frankly TV-sized. Loads of talking heads and hand-held shots of tawdry neighborhoods. But then, the stories start coming, and while they're slightly repetitive, they're also riveting. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
A documentary following seven exonerated men who had been wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA evidence proved their absolute innocence. They undergo emotional journeys back into society and attempt to rebuild their lives with little or no support from the system that put them behind bars.

FILM FACTS ...

New Yorker Films

'After Innocence'

Director: Jessica Sanders
Starring: Herman Atkins, Wilton Dedge, Scott Hornoff, Dennis Maher, Vincent Moto
Run time: 95 minutes
Release date: Oct. 21, 2005
Rating: Not rated, but includes adult themes and occasional language.

On the web
Official movie site

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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B
"Throughout the film, it becomes clear that, in most cases, maintaining the status quo of the system was deemed more important than getting innocent men out of jail."