Competition

A HARD STRAIGHT




Country of production: USA
Year: 2004
Language: English
Mins: 73

Director: Goro Toshima
Cinematography: Goro Toshima
Music: Hector Perez, Quincy Griffin
Editing: Kim Roberts
Sound: Will Zavala
Producer: Goro Toshima, Lindsay Jablosky
Production company: One Arm Productions
Source: Goro Toshima
832 York St., #6
Oakland, CA 94610
USA
Phone: +1 415 412 2293
Fax: +1 510 271 7964
goroto22@hotmail.com


A HARD STRAIGHT chronicles the lives of convicted criminals facing what may be their biggest challenge yet: re-entering society after years of incarceration. Beginning on the day of their release from prison, A HARD STRAIGHT follows two men and one woman, as they enjoy their newly regained freedoms yet confront the difficulties of returning to an uncaring and often hostile society.

The 500,000 men and women released from prison each year face many unknowns. How will you survive with only $200 "gate money" and little support from elsewhere? How does an extended stay in prison affect your ability to live beyond the metal bars?

Through three people's personal histories, observations, remembrances, hopes, and fears, A HARD STRAIGHT paints a tough, compassionate portrait of people trying to stop doing time and instead go straight.

Goro Toshima's work life has included salmon fishing in Alaska, translating Japanese in New York, and working in television production. After completing a masters degree program in documentary film at Stanford University, he worked as an assistant editor.

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A HARD STRAIGHT (2004)

Sunday 04-Apr-2004 3:00 PM Gallery Theatre