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Unmaking the Prison Image

Visualizing Abolition
Abolition
Documentary
Rape and Sexual Violence
Visualizing Abolition
Pooja Rangan
Israel–palestine
India—custodial Violence / Legal Reform
Carceral Entertainment Complex
Media / Documentary Practices
Feminism

A three-episode 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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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 Michel... more

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 a... more

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... more

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 ret... more

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Recent Guests

Michelle Brown
Visual criminologist and legal scholar
Visual Criminology / Academic
Episode: Against the Carceral-Entertainment Complex
Vidal Guzman
Community organizer and policy advocate
AERS campaign / Close Rikers
Episode: Against the Carceral-Entertainment Complex
David Osit
Documentary filmmaker
Independent filmmaker, Predators
Episode: Against the Carceral-Entertainment Complex
Rachel Nelson
Co-director of the Visualizing Abolition Initiative; visual studies scholar
Visualizing Abolition
Episode: What About the Rapists and Murderers?
Lalith Melamed
Professor of film studies; researcher on state violence and intimacy
University of Frankfurt
Episode: What About the Rapists and Murderers?
Deepa Dhanraj
Filmmaker; activist working with women's movements in India
Independent/ filmmaker
Episode: What About the Rapists and Murderers?
Christopher Harris
Experimental filmmaker and educator
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Episode: Film Pedagogy as Abolitionist Practice
Brett Story
Filmmaker and scholar
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Episode: Film Pedagogy as Abolitionist Practice
Thanh Tran
Media maker and community organizer
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Episode: Film Pedagogy as Abolitionist Practice

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What About the Rapists and Murderers?
Q: What role should documentary play in interrupting carceral common sense without reproducing harm?
By emphasizing ethical engagement with survivors, diversifying voices beyond sensational narratives, and experimenting with non-traditional forms (music, art, community-centered practices) that resist evidence-driven policing, documentary can critique state violence without endorsing punitive responses.
What About the Rapists and Murderers?
Q: How do you see the relationship between your focus as a filmmaker and the abolitionist aims discussed here?
Guests describe shifting away from evidence-heavy, legalistic storytelling toward formats that foster collective healing, critical discourse, and transnational solidarity, while avoiding sensationalism and punitive framing.

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