Andrew Jarecki
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I mean, on the positive side, I would say, just so we don't end on a really negative note, the film has had an impact in Alabama.
It's having an impact in Alabama already.
And there are incredible demonstrations that have been happening.
There's actually, I don't know if you have it.
There's a still of this if you want to look at it.
But there's hundreds of people showed up on the steps of the Capitol building.
People really showing up with the intention of showing their loved ones being there and saying this is really happening and giving the rest of the public permission to understand that this is, you know, 45 percent of Americans have have have had.
an incarcerated relative or been incarcerated.
This is an infection.
This is happening in many, many, many places.
So for us, the film has been unlocking that, giving people a feeling that they're not alone, that they don't have to be ashamed of having somebody.
So these are people who've seen the film,
who've decided that they want to express themselves.
And this is happening more and more.
And we just saw there was a bipartisan bill that was just introduced by Senator Larry Stutz, who's a Republican senator, who said,
He couldn't unsee it.
And he said this is not โ he wrote an op-ed about it not being an example of Christian values.
And he introduced this bipartisan bill for prison oversight, which is a real bill.