16 Bars

Starts Friday, July 10
$4.99 | 2018 ‧ Musical/Documentary | 1h 34m
Click here to stream online https://lghtyr.video/16Bars-Rosendale

16 Bars is a feature-length music doc that offers a rare glimpse at the human stories — and songs — that are locked away in our nation’s jails and prisons. In a Virginia jail’s makeshift recording studio, four men collaborate on an album with Grammy-winning recording artist, Todd “Speech” Thomas, from the hip-hop group Arrested Development.

With the U.S. locking up more of its citizens per capita than any other nation on the planet, the music of 16 Bars serves as rare testimony to the raw and messy truth behind the criminal justice system‘s revolving door.

You can also use some of the music featured in the film:
Inspire (Teddy Kane):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeOgGC1IHw

Lay My Burdens Down (Garland Carr):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G912wyBKJnE

Freedom Wind (Garland Carr):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whZKxWwcl5E

Lost One (Teddy Kane):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsV4H6SxYVQ

 

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A portion of the proceeds from this screening will be donated to support the work of TMI Project. 

ABOUT TMI PROJECT
TMI Project is a nonprofit transmedia organization teaching true storytelling workshops and creating inspiring live performances and bold digital content that focus on the “too much information” parts of a story, the parts typically left out because of shame or stigma. We believe that sharing radically candid, true personal narratives ignites human connection, challenges the status quo, and inspires both storytellers and listeners to take action for positive social change.

Since 2010, TMI Project has led approximately 90 true storytelling workshops and staged live storytelling performances by more than 1,750 storytellers, which have been presented to audiences of nearly 50,000 people in schools, colleges, prisons, mental health clinics, theaters, community centers, and the United Nations.

For more info and to donate, visit www.tmiproject.org/donate