The Light in the Shadow: Unique, Powerful Documentary Sheds Light on Prison Reform Through Heartfelt Stories

The Light in the Shadow: Unique, Powerful Documentary Sheds Light on Prison Reform Through Heartfelt Stories

Rites of Passage and Imagica Pictures launch Kickstarter campaign with aim to educate and promote positive change.









TAOS, N.M., May 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rites of Passage and Imagica Pictures have launched a new Kickstarter campaign, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1178181924/the-light-in-the-shadow-a-documentary-film-on-pris, to raise funds for their new documentary on prison reform, The Light in the Shadow.

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A story of a life transformed and a life destroyed, a prominent artist's experience in prison, a legendary painter's success with lifers at San Quentin, a mother's effort to save her son and a corrections officer's use of respect and kindness in his work, all come together to make this a unique and powerful film, one which has never been made before.

Heartfelt stories reveal the horrors and the very dark side of prison then move toward attainable solutions proven to create positive change. Interviewed are former inmates, family members, a former corrections officer, a concerned citizen and three distinguished artists. Woven throughout are striking, sometimes chilling photos of the Santa Fe Penitentiary, art created by inmates, letters written from prison and a memorable soundtrack.

"There are general feelings of hostility and hopelessness in prisons today and it is getting worse with overcrowding...Being in prison is the final ride downhill unless one can resist the things around him and learn to function in a society which he no longer has any contact with. Arts programs for many of us may be the final salvation of our minds from prison insanity. It's contact with the best of the human race. It is something that says that we, too, are still valuable."

- a prison inmate, William James Association Prison Arts Project Santa, Cruz, California

RITES OF PASSAGE and IMAGICA PICTURES have produced numerous documentary films over the past twenty years. These pioneering films have included subjects such as the work of famed death and dying pioneer, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross; AIDS; Loss and Grief; Aging; Sustainable Living and Native American issues. Many have won awards, including Best Short Documentary - American Indian Film Festival 2006, and several are used throughout the US and Canada by Hospices, Nursing Schools, Universities, Libraries and Hospitals including National Institutes of Health.

THE LIGHT IN THE SHADOW is expected to reach a national audience, shedding light on a dark subject and inspiring positive change. The film is dedicated to Native American, Leonard Peltier, incarcerated now for more than 40 years

RITES OF PASSAGE, originally called AIDS Care and Assistance, is a non-profit organization founded in 1988.

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RITES OF PASSAGE
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