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How Long is Long Enough, Screening and Conversation

January 19 @ 5:30 pm
FREE and open to UCSC affiliates

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.
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Co-presented by the Institute of Arts and Sciences and Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos.

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).

ADVISORIES: Mature themes and content.

ADMISSION
– Event is for UC Santa Cruz affiliates ONLY
– FREE & open admission

PARKING
Location: Barrios Unidos 1817 Soquel Avenue Santa Cruz, California 95062
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos Parking Lot — enter tall open gates on Trevethan Ave

This program is open to all UC Santa Cruz affiliates consistent with state and federal law.

 

 

Details

Date:
January 19
Time:
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Cost:
FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
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Website:
https://ias.ucsc.edu/event/how-long-is-long-enough-screening-and-conversation/

Venue

Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos
1817 Soquel Ave
Santa Cruz, 95062 United States
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Last modified: Jan 09, 2026