Sentenced Home — A Documentary

Throughout the month of April, there will be free nationwide community screenings of the PBS Documentary Sentenced Home, which chronicles three years in the lives of three Cambodian American individuals and their families affected by the 1996 deportation and detention laws. Sentenced Home offers viewers a rare glimpse into the drama of the deportation process as it happens: from the intimate final moments with their loved ones in the U.S. (the only country they have ever really known), to the squalid conditions of Cambodian detention facilities. These screenings and outreach events are taking place in anticipation of the national broadcast on the Emmy® Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Tuesday, May 15 at 10 p.m. (check local listings). To find a screening near you go to www.itvs.org/outreach/sentencedhome/ To find resources highlighting the issues featured in Sentenced Home, including a map of the deportation and detention process, fact sheet on Frequently Asked Questions about Deportation and Detention and a sample constituent letter go to: www.immigrantjusticenetwork.org

KJ