Ep 4: Alice Marie Johnson | COURAGE TO QUESTION VR

After 21 years in confinement, Alice Marie Johnson fights for awareness for those left behind.

The Courage to Question series takes you up close and personal with women’s rights activists across the globe as they fight for a world where women and girls can live free and equal.

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More than 700,000 women and girls are imprisoned globally—a number that has more than doubled since 2000. For many women, the path to prison stems from inequality, including a lack of economic opportunities, and their struggle to escape violence and abuse. Alice Johnson was a non-violent offender who was sentenced to life imprisonment. Throughout her prison sentence, she advocated for criminal justice reform, including for women’s access to ICT education and vocational training. Since she was granted clemency in June 2018, she has continued to raise awareness of the situation of women in prison systems. Johnson’s fight for freedom has helped to raise the voices of incarcerated women around the world.

Director: Megan Sullivan
Producer: Thea Hardy
Director Photography VR: Jenn Duong
Director Photography Traditional: Even Cohen
Drone Operator & Sound: Danielle de Leon
Photographer: Ruhani Kaur
Post Production: Therapy Studios
Editor: Shannon Albrink
Post Producer: Margaret Ward
Production company: Novus Select
UN Women
Vital Voices
Supported by Google

Special thanks to the production teams, organizations, friends and family in each location who invited us into their communities and helped guide these women in the field.

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