June 28, 2024
A special closing night panel after a screening of @A24's Sing Sing with Dario Peña, Cast member of the film and RTA alum, and David Delvalle, Haley House Program Manager, LiFT Life Foundations Training) and Take Back the Kitchen -- moderated by RoxFilm's Artistic/Executive Director, Lisa Simmons.
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SING SING
Directed by Greg Kwedar (USA, 2023, 105 mins.).
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing Prison for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theater group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art. Starring Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, and Sean San José, and Paul Raci.
Panel to follow. Panelists:
Dario Peña, Cast member and RTA alum; Dario Peña is the Student Success and Reentry Manager for Justice Through Code at Columbia University. The Columbia University Center for Justice is committed to ending mass incarceration and criminalization, and advancing alternative approaches to justice and safety through education, research, and policy change. Its mission is to help transform the approaches to justice from being driven by punishment and retribution to being centered on prevention and healing. Peña was also a founding member of an organization called Voices From Within.
He has a Bachelor’s in Behavioral Science from Mercy College, and a Master’s in professional studies from the New York Theological Seminary.
David Delvalle, Haley House Program Manager, LiFT Life Foundations Training) and Take Back the Kitchen; Originally from Lowell, MA, David Delvalle has become a fierce advocate for criminal justice reform and a skilled public speaker and organizer. Impressively, he has been able to accomplish these all while being an integral college student within TUPIT during his incarceration and after his return in MyTERN. He is currently in the one-year certificate program for Civic-Studies. David’s activities outside the classroom have focused on youth impact. He presently works in student outreach at his alma mater, Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School. Additionally he is also working on founding his own non-profit, named The Legacy Project, where he hopes to connect youths in his community with the impacts of higher education. David is currently the Program Manager at Haley House.
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