The MASS EFFECTS Film Series brings needed attention to criminal justice reform and how mass incarceration affects not just those who are jailed, but how the Black family is affected psychologically and socio-economically, as well as their community.
The films are important, the conversations after even more so.
This edition is also co-sponsored by Man Up Inc.
THE TOMBS
directed by Jerry LaMothe
A Brooklyn man has a perilous three-day journey through New York's infamous central booking jail system, famously known as The Tombs. This powerful short film from director Jerry LaMothe (BlacKout, Nora’s Hair Salon) provides a scary glimpse of what it’s like to be caught up in the criminal ‘justice’ system.
For 'The Tombs,' our post-screening conversation will focus on the targeting of Black men and women for the prison system, how 'stop & frisk' systematized non-necessary arrests and prison records, and more.
starring Nashawn Kearse, Rob Morgan, Ephraim Benton, Omar Scroggins, Rosalyn Coleman, Jas Anderson, and Arthur French
[2011, 30 minutes]
RSVP for free at bit.ly/ME-Tombs
SPECIAL PANELIST
CHERYL DONALD, LMFT
A New York State licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Life Coach, and public health official, Cheryl has spent over a decade working with public healthcare providers to improve their operating and clinical systems, manage performance outcomes, and reduce health disparities in their communities.
In 2013, Cheryl founded Brooklyn Marriage & Family Therapy, PLLC as a vehicle to fuse her knowledge of the business of healthcare with her passion for providing mental health services. Specializing in the treatment of Depression and Trauma, Cheryl is an active therapist in the counseling room, utilizing a culturally sensitive, cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused approach that is directed toward developing and achieving the client’s vision of solutions to their personal life struggles.
Cheryl received her clinical training at Hofstra University, earning a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy; she also holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Health Care Administration from Baruch College of the City University of New York and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Mississippi.
Mass Effects is sponsored, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and by contributions from community members, like you.
The Luminal Theater is a sponsored organization of the New York Foundation for the Arts. NYFA is a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization founded in 1971 to work with the arts community throughout New York State and the United States to develop and facilitate programs in all disciplines.