screening events
2022
DOC NYC — New York, NY
**World Premiere
**Runner Up - Audience Award
November 11, 12, 15
2023
January 6
San Quentin State Prison — San Quentin, CA
Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival — Santa Barbara, CA
**Winner - Audience Choice Award
February 10, 11
Gasparilla Int’l Film Festival — Tampa, FL
**Winner - Grand Jury Award
March 24
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center — Cleveland, OH
March 25
Cleveland Int’l Film Festival — Cleveland, OH
**Winner - Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in
Directing for a Woman
March 26
Milwaukee Film Festival — Milwaukee, WI
April 23, 27
April 28
Independent Film Festival Boston — Boston, MA
**Winner - Grand Jury Prize
BOA Fit Systems — Denver, CO
May 4
Alexander Valley Film Festival — Healdsburg, CA
**Winner - Audience Award
**Closing Night Film
May 7
Seattle International Film Festival — Seattle, WA
**Winner - Audience Award
**Winner - Lena Sharpe Award For Persistence of Vision
May 20, 21
Washington Corrections Center — Shelton, WA
May 22
June 1
San Francisco Documentary Festival — San Francisco, CA
**Winner - Audience Award
**Opening Night Film
Dances With Films – Los Angeles, CA
June 25
Over-The-Rhine Int’l Film Festival – Cincinnati, OH
**Winner - Grand Jury Prize
July 8
Woods Hole Film Festival – Woods Hole, MA
**Winner - Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
**Winner - Audience Award for Best of the Fest
July 29
August 18
Falmouth Road Race, Falmouth MA
Black August Film Festival — Los Angeles, CA
August 19
California Legislators Screening — Sacramento, CA
August 28
September 10
Village Well Bookstore — Los Angeles, CA
Special Event with Filmmaker Christine Yoo and film subjects Jonathan Chiu and Marion Wickerd
Tuscarawas Valley Film Festival — New Philadelphia, OH
September 14
Contra Costa Public Defenders — Martinez, CA
September 15
September 16-17
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF)
September 21
Sneak Peek Screening Presented by AIG Pro Bono Program — New York, NY
Opening in Theaters in LA, NY, Seattle, Milwaukee and the Bay Area — Find Tickets Everywhere: https://direct.me/26-2-to-life
September 22
Nationwide Virtual Premiere (Screening in the US and UK)
September 29 - October 1
Coolidge Corner Theater — Brookline, MA
October 5
Heartland International Film Festival - Indianapolis, IN
Outdoor Art Club - Mill Valley, VA
University of Redlands Screening - Redlands, CA
CSU Ohio - All Rise Film Festival - Cleveland, OH
Vermont International Film Festival - Burlington, VT
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival - Colorado Springs, CO
Behind the Bars UCLA National Conference - Los Angeles, CA
Coast Film & Music Festival in Laguna Beach - Laguna, CA
Hamptons Doc Fest - Sag Harbor, NY
October 9 and 13
October 12
October 19
October 20
October 24 and 27
October 29
November 3
November 11 - 12
December 4
December 9
Impact Justice - Santa Cruz, CA
October 17
California Board of Parole Hearings - Sacramento, CA
October 18
Tallahassee Film Society - Tallahassee, FL
November 10, 12, 19
Checkr - San Francisco, CA
November 30