Document Type

Article

Publication Title

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

Abstract

The University of Maryland's 2008 Symposium on Documentary Film and the Law featured a screening and discussion of Omar and Pete, Tod Lending's compelling 2005 documentary of two men's efforts to return to their communities after serving substantial prison terms. In this essay, I compare narrative and cognitive strategies at work in Omar and Pete and those a lawyer might use in representing a person like Omar or Pete in a sentencing proceeding.

First Page

7

Volume

8

Publication Date

2008

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