Synopsis:
For Johnny Perez, returning to society and to his family after being in prison for 13 years wasn’t easy. JOHNNY’S HOME is part of a short animated documentary series about mass incarceration in the U.S., which shows the toll that an abusive and unjust criminal system takes on individuals, families, and communities.
- Director:
- Yoni Goodman, Elyse Kelly
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- United States
- Running time:
- 2 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, 2D Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- ACLU, Holly Stone
- Animators:
- Yoni Goodman, Anna Bron
- Script writer:
- Johnny Perez
- Music composers:
- Brooke Blair & Will Blair
- Editors:
- Dan Fipphen, Elyse Kelly
- Production:
- ACLU
- Distribution:
- ACLU
- Genres:
- Drama, Documentary
- Tags:
- Activism, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Relationships, Love, Technology and society, Sad, Political
- Audience:
- 16+
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