We continue the Represent Justice ambassador and filmmaker editions of Uncarcerated as we sit down with Starling to talk about all of their amazing projects including Black Butterflies, Harvest and the horror film and immersive experience they are working on now as she fights to women giving birth in a cage. We discuss the incarceration of black women in America and how deeply connected it is to our history of slavery. Powerful episode with a powerhouse of a woman! 

Uncarcerated Season 4 Episode 9 "Angie" - We continue the Represent Justice ambassador and filmmaker editions of Uncarcerated Season 4 as we talk with Angie about their film, their time in California penitentiary and work with the Boyle Heights Arts conservatory program since they've been home.  

Uncarcerated Season 4 Episode 9 "Todd" - We continue our Represent Justice ambassador and filmmaker editions of Uncarcerated Season 4 as we talk to Todd. Todd opens up about his work in Milwaukee as a Community Violence Interrupter as well as his over 25 years incarcerated and the focus of his film - sexual abuse and trauma in the black community. Trigger warning - this episode contains really heavy but necessaary subject matters. 

Uncarcerated Season 4 Episode 8 "Marcus" These are the Represent Justice ambassador series episodes where we sit down with each of the ambassadors and talk about them and their films. Marcus is working on changing the Michigan constitution to abolish slavery through incarceration. Amazing episode. 

Julius and Leigh travel to Montgomery for the Equal Justice Legacy museum. They share their experiences, raw and emotional in real time as they process the history of America from slavery to Jim Crowe to modern day slavery through mass incarceration. Deep and heavy. Must Listen. 

Uncarcerated Season 4 Episode 6 "Dana" - We talk to peer support specialist, community advocate and amazing human Dana about her experience in foster care, growing up in DC, the ,move to Florida and the roadblocks specific to the state around becoming a peer specialist where companies want to hire you because of your lived experience but then your background disqualifies you. This episode is moving and poignant. 

Uncarcerated Season 3 Episode 4 "Shelley" -Kelly joins the show as a monthly contributor alongside Julius, Kevin and Leigh and they sit down with Shelley. She takes us through her journey of the bowels of our carceral system, her journey home, escaping an abusive situation inside and coming home to another, her work at Community Spring and how she did it all with love and hope. 

Uncarcerated Season 2 Episode 2 "Kevin Scott" (2024)