Andrew Jarecki

I had a lot of Meemaw.

This is Meemaw-like behavior, by the way.

But essentially, she said nothing, and her office said nothing.

Like, I think GMA reached out to them and said, what do you think about this film?

And they said, well, we're aware of the film, but we cannot comment on the authenticity of the material in it because it was, you know, contraband cell phones.

Like, anybody was asking them if this is authentic material.

And then a year later, you know, we got nominated for the Oscar, and they immediately came out with a statement basically saying, like, the Oscars are for suckers, you know?

It was a very Trumpy kind of amazing statement.

Oh, and they also said, they said the Oscars have a low, we always knew the Oscars had a low bar.

And by the way, Meemaw is the best governor ever.

Like, nobody has done prisoning as good as Meemaw.

And it really is quite a statement.

You know, the website for the film is not like a promotional website.

It's really, it's kind of a deep dive into the investigation we did on 1,500 deaths which have happened in the Alabama prison system since we started making the film.

And it's pretty remarkable.

And secondly, there's a take action button.

And that will tell you some things you can do without taking too much time.

But there are places that you can engage, and it's not like give money.

It's really, you know, like you've got to try to make phone calls.

You've got to let people know that we're paying attention, because this goes way beyond Alabama.