The documentary “The Sentence” follows a family of three girls who grow up while their mother Cindy serves multiple years in prison due to the controversial system of minimum mandatory sentencing. The filmmaker is  Cindy’s brother, Rudy Valdez, who brings a personal perspective to one of the year’s most emotionally wrenching films.

— Raphaela Neihausen and Thom Powers

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