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Radical Patterns Already Need Breaking
In the final live recording from the “Carceral Media Ecologies—And How To Break Them” symposium at UC, Santa Cruz (May 13, 2026), Visualizing Abolition co-director Gina Dent offers closing reflections on themes that emerged across the symposium. Speaking extemporaneously, Dent revisits questions…
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This Episode Is Being Monitored
Is media made inside prisons (A) a tool of collective empowerment, (B) a promotional vehicle for prisons, (C) an instrument of management, or (D) all of the above? In this live recording from the “Carceral Media Ecologies—And How To Break Them” symposium at UC, Santa Cruz (May 13, 2026),...
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Media Is a Tactic
Can evidence serve communities—and not only the courts? In this live recording from the “Carceral Media Ecologies—And How To Break Them” symposium at UC, Santa Cruz (May 13, 2026), host Pooja Rangan is joined by media artist Sharon Daniel and community organizer Raj Jayadev for a conversation…
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Not a Prison Film
Do prison films confine our imagination? In this live recording from the “Carceral Media Ecologies—And How To Break Them” symposium at UC, Santa Cruz (May 13, 2026), Visualizing Abolition co-director Gina Dent joins filmmakers Adamu Chan and Gilda Sheppard to discuss the limitations and horizons…
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Against the Carceral-Entertainment Complex
What happens when entertainment joins forces with law enforcement? Who gets hurt, and who--or what--evades accountability? In Episode 3 of Unmaking the Prison Image, host Pooja Rangan is joined by filmmaker Davit Osit, critical criminologist Michelle Brown, and formerly incarcerated policy…
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What About the Rapists and Murderers?
This episode includes discussion of rape and sexual violence. We recognize that these topics may be difficult or distressing for some listeners, so please take care while listening and feel free to pause or step away at any time. What happens when abolition meets its most common objection? In...
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Film Pedagogy as Abolitionist Practice
What does it mean to learn filmmaking as a practice of abolition? In this first episode of Unmaking the Prison Image, host Pooja Rangan speaks with filmmakers and educators Christopher Harris, Brett Story, and Thanh Tran about how documentary shapes what we think we know about prisons, and how...
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Unmaking the Prison Image: Trailer
Welcome to Unmaking the Prison Image, a three-episode series exploring the role documentary film can play in imagining a world without prisons. Host Pooja Rangan speaks with filmmakers, scholars, and system-impacted artists and organizers who are rethinking the role documentary plays in shaping…
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About this show
A limited series exploring the role documentary can play in imagining a world without prisons. Hosted by Pooja Rangan and supported by Visualizing Abolition.
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