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Drawing from hundreds of hours of footage, filmmaker Rudy Valdez shows the aftermath of his sister Cindy’s 15-year sentence for conspiracy charges related to crimes committed by her deceased ex-boyfriend—something known, in legal terms, as “the girlfriend problem.” Valdez’s method of coping with this tragedy is to film his sister’s family for her, both the everyday details and the milestones—moments Cindy herself can no longer share in. But in the midst of this nightmare, Valdez finds his voice as both a filmmaker and activist, and he and his family begin to fight for Cindy’s release during the last months of the Obama administration’s clemency initiative. Whether their attempts will allow Cindy to break free of her draconian sentence becomes the aching question at the core of this deeply personal portrait of a family in crisis.
Original Release
10/15/2018
US Release
10/22/2019
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Eric Sterling | Self |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eric Sterling | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rudy Valdez | Executive Producer |
Lance Acord | Executive Producer |
Theodora Dunlap | Executive Producer |
Wendy Neu | Executive Producer |
Sam Bisbee | Producer |
Geeta Gandbhir | Producer |
April Hayes | Producer |
Jackie Kelman Bisbee | Producer |
Jamie Lustberg | Producer |
Editors
Clips
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2019 | Emmy | Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking | Won |