Chris L. Jenkins
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Biography
Chris Jenkins is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, independent filmmaker and political strategist. Over a 20-year career, he has told stories about social justice, identity and progressive culture, with a focus on race, class and equity.
Known For
Every year, millions of Americans are incarcerated before even being convicted of a crime - all because they can't afford to post bail. How did we get here? “Trapped: Cash Bail in America” shines a light on our deeply flawed criminal justice system and the activists working to reform it. This new documentary explores the growing movement to end the inherent economic and racial inequalities of cash bail while highlighting victims impacted by an unjust system, the tireless campaigners fighting for criminal justice reform, and a bail industry lobbying to maintain the status quo.
Trapped: Cash Bail In America
What would it sound like if the national anthem was written today? Anthem follows composer Kris Bowers and producer Dahi on a musical road trip across the country to reflect on “The Star-Spangled Banner” to find out.
Anthem
How Chicago and its suburbs helped devise the nation’s most sweeping system of racially segregated communities, and how these policies diminished the lives of generations of Black families, creating the vast racial wealth gap that persists to this day.