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From Prison Classroom to National Audience: "Basement People" Screens at San Quentin Film Festival and Digitally Debuts Nationally on Securus Technologies Tablets

The Academy Award-eligible short, written by incarcerated screenwriter Kyale Akeem Williams, reached more than 550,000 secure tablets in corrections facilities.

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Directed by Christine Swanson and winner of Best Short Film at the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, Kyale Akeem Williams' Academy Award-eligible film is now available to incarcerated viewers nationwide

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From Prison Classroom to National Audience: "Basement People" Screens at San Quentin Film Festival and Digitally Debuts Nationally on Securus Technologies Tablets

Directed by Christine Swanson and winner of Best Short Film at the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, Kyale Akeem Williams' Academy Award-eligible film is now available to incarcerated viewers nationwide

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