"Calm, deliberate and devastating, Jessica Sanders's documentary After Innocence confirms many of the worst fears about weaknesses in the American criminal-justice system [by] examining the cases of seven men wrongly convicted of murder and rape and exonerated years later by DNA evidence." (NY Times) "The film shows how the organization The Innocence Project...has helped wrongfully convicted inmates (175 to date) obtain their freedom. But it also focuses on the challenges faced by those exonerated once they're plunked back in the real world. Shockingly, being freed from prison doesn't automatically mean their criminal records are expunged. This means that a guy like Vincent Moto, who served more than 10 years for a rape and robbery he didn't commit, still can't find steady work because officially he's a convicted felon." (Portland Oregonian) "Both riveting and disturbing. Each man's story reminds us how fallible our legal system is and each raises the question: How many other innocent people are still locked up?" (Village Voice). More at afterinnocence.com.
2005, color, 1 hour 35 minutes, USA