Wednesday, September 10 at 6:00: Q&A with director Robe Imbriano after the screening
Featuring the music and lyrics of Tony Award winners Stew Stewart and Heidi Rodewald ("Passing Strange") the animation of Cinema Eye winner Thomas Curtis ("Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project") and the direction of Emmy winner Robe Imbriano ("Soul of a Nation"), "Criminal" is an animated musical documentary short film that confronts the injustice of people held at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas. The vast majority are there because they can't afford due process - they don't have enough cash to pay their way out while awaiting trial. Because they are poor, thousands are held for months or even shipped to jails out of state when they are supposed to be presumed innocent.