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For Venida, For Kalief

At 16, Kalief Browder was jailed for allegedly stealing a backpack; at 22 he committed suicide. His late mother Venida's poetry inspires criminal justice reform and a new legacy.

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90 minutes

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Co-Production

Sisa Bueno

Producer/Director

Originally from New York City, Sisa Bueno is an Afro-Latina film & multimedia maker who is fascinated by people of all cultures and seeks to awaken our own empowerment. She studied both film production and interactive technologies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). The NBC Network named Sisa a 2013 Latino Innovator for her upcoming documentary To the Mountains, which takes place in Bolivia, South America. Sisa is a recipient of the ITVS-PBS Diversity Development grant, HotDocs CrossCurrents grant, and BAVC MediaMaker fellowship for her current work in progress, For Venida, For Kalief, Sisa is also currently a 2018-2020 Member of the NEW INC tech incubator program within the New Museum working with Augmented Reality (AR) to create new modes of storytelling with more tech integration.