Unintended Consequences
1h 14min | Not Rated | 22 June 2012
Justice Denied
“Unintended Consequences” is a documentary short focusing on the draconian impact of the Rockefeller Mandatory Minimum Drug Laws on families and communities in New York City by following a group called The Mothers of the New York Disappeared and former inmate, Terrence Stevens, who from childhood was paralyzed from the neck down and who served 9 years of a fifteen-to-life sentence before being granted clemency. The film was produced in association with the Drug Policy Institute, who spearheaded the campaign to bring about changes to the Rockefeller Mandatory Minimum Drug Laws.
Trailer
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES follows the "Mothers of the NY Disappeared" as they fight to change the draconian Rockefeller Mandatory Minimum Drug Laws. Judge Jerome Marks protests with Terrence Stevens' mother, leading to clemency and Stevens release from Greenhaven Maximum Security prison after serving 9 years of a 15 to life sentence, paralyzed from Muscular Dystrophy from the neck down. Deadalus Productions' Academy Award nominee Nina Rosenblum produced and directed, Peter Greer, ex. produced and Emmy winner Dennis Watlington co-produced and wrote. Nina Rosenblum was contributing producer of PBS "The African-Americans, by Henry Louis Gates, Episode 6, focused on Terrence Stevens remarkable story of courage and community. Stevens and Rosenblum founded In Arms Reach (inarmsreach.net), now run by Terrence Stevens, a City College, CUNY based academic tutoring and mentoring program for children whose parents are incarcerated.
“I want to commend you on this film. We have used Unintended Consequences at 25 venues this year as a tool for public education on the Rockefeller Drug Laws repeal. The film has proven invaluable. Please keep on keeping on. Social justice needs an artist like you”
— Julie Mormando, JusticeWorks Community
