This event includes a screening of the documentary, How Long is Long Enough: The Excessive Sentencing of Quntos & Layla, a film made by students and staff from the Making of an Exoneree initiative, a conversation with the film’s subjects, Quntos Wilson and Layla Roberts, as well as letter-writing and collaborative art making at Barrios Unidos.
Download and share the event flyer here.
Co-presented by the Institute of Arts and Sciences and Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos.
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ABOUT THE FILM
Quntos Wilson and Layla Roberts were sentenced to life without parole in 1995 at the ages of 18 and 19 for a robbery. Now approaching 50, they have each become remarkable artists and mentors behind the prison bars of Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola).
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ADVISORIES: Mature themes and content.
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ADMISSION
– Event is for UC Santa Cruz affiliates ONLY
– FREE & open admission
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PARKING
Location: Barrios Unidos 1817 Soquel Avenue Santa Cruz, California 95062
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos Parking Lot — enter tall open gates on Trevethan Ave
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This program is open to all UC Santa Cruz affiliates consistent with state and federal law.