San Quentin Prisoners Form a Film Company With Hollywood Backing

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Forward This Productions is a film company made up of people who are incarcerated.

Inmates at San Quentin prison are being given the opportunity to learn film production in a scheme backed by Hollywood.

Four inmates who are serving long sentences for violent offenses, including carjacking, aggravated mayhem, and murder, have formed26-year-old Anthony Gomez who is seven years into a 21-year sentence for the role he played in a drive-by shooting says the program is not only helping those locked up in San Quentin but it has a benefit for the outside world too.The Times of London.

“It’s a way for us to give back to the communities that we hurt,” says Ryan Pagan, 35, who is serving 77 years to life for killing a man during a bar fight.

 

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