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74 min, USA 2007******************************************************** ************************************************************ ****************************** Odds are that if you go to prison and are lucky enough to get out, you’ll be going back some time soon. Julio Medina, however, beat the odds. A drug-dealing gang leader when he entered prison, Julio left 12 years later a changed man. He created Exodus Transitional Community, a program in Harlem dedicated to breaking the cycle of incarceration that ensnares so many. The trick to Exodus is that its staff knows firsthand what it’s like to go to jail. They’re ex-cons – a badass group of do-gooders who are reaching their clients like nobody else can. HARD ROAD HOME tells the story of this high–risk, high-drama world and the extraordinary task of turning around the fate of one person born into it.

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THE DIRECTOR Macky Alston’s award-winning documentary films include The Killer Within (premiered Toronto International Film Festival 2006, to air on the Discovery Channel 2007), Questioning Faith (premiered Full Frame Film Festival and the Hot Docs International Film Festival and aired on HBO/Cinemax 2002), and Family Name (premiered Sundance Film Festival 1997 and aired on PBS’ POV 1998). His awards include the Sundance Film Festival Freedom of Expression Award and the Gotham Open Palm Award. He has appeared in press around the world including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, and The New York Times. Alston also serves as Director of Auburn Media, a division of the Center for Multifaith Education at Auburn Theological Seminary, dedicated to informed, engaging coverage of religion in the media. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ **********************************A GREENHOUSE PICTURES film in association with AUBURN MEDIA Featuring JULIO MEDINA ABLERTO LOPEZ GRIFFIK NEGRONI and THE EXODUS TRANSTIONAL COMMUNITYAssistant Editor SARA PELLEGRINI Sound Recordist C.A. MOSE Director of Photography TONY HARDMON Music by CAMARA KAMBON Edited by CHRISTOPHER WHITE Co-Director ANDREA MELLER Produced by SELINA LEWIS DAVIDSON directed by MACKY ALSTON

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INDEPENDENT LENS/PBS - BROADCAST PREMIERE Feb 26 2008

HARD ROAD HOME Has its broadcast Premiere on the Emmy award winning PBS documentary series Independent Lens ---- Feb 26, 2008. Please check your local listings - air dates and times differ in citie...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:29:00 GMT

Buy The DVD

You can buy the dvd now!! Go to our site and there is a link.www.hardroadhome.org
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:31:00 GMT

MARTHA'S VINEYARD AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FEST Aug 10 screening

 Friday Aug. 10th at 10:00 am at The Mansion House 9 Main Street Vineyard Haven.  Martha's Vineyardhttp://www.mvaaff.com/index2.html
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:21:00 GMT

HRH at - NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL - July 25 & 28

HARD ROAD HOMEhas its NEW YORK PREMIERE at the NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL *Wednesday July 25, 2:00 PMFLORENCE GOULD HALL55 East 59th St*Saturday July 28, 5:00 PMDIRECTOR'S GUILD THEAT...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:27:00 GMT

HARD ROAD HOME at SILVERDOCS- June 15 & 16

HARD ROAD HOME is screening atthe Silverdocs AFI/Discovery Channel documentary festivalFriday June 158:30 pmSat. June 16 at3:30 PM (passholder screening only)click here for more info
Posted by on Mon, 21 May 2007 10:24:00 GMT

MACKY ALSTON on SXSW PANEL

Director Macky Alston will be on the "Finding the Narrative in Documentaries" panel - Moderated by Thom Powers Covention CenterRoom 15Sunday, March 11th3:00 pm - 4:00 pmclick here for more info
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:18:00 GMT

JULIO MEDINA speaks from the pulpit in AUSTIN

HARD ROAD HOME and Launch of HOMECOMING Outreach Campaign to Faith Communities at SXSW Festival MARCH 2007The HOMECOMING Campaign At the SXSW World Premiere of HARD ROAD HOME on Saturday March 10th, A...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:46:00 GMT

HARD ROAD HOME AT SXSW

SEE HARD ROAD HOME at SXSW
Posted by on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:40:00 GMT