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Mississippi Innocence Wins at Crossroads

Mississippi Innocence took the Transformational Film Award at the Crossroads Film Festival in Jackson this past weekend.  The award is given to the film most likely to transform attitudes and inspire change.  Mississippi Innocence screened to a full house and the question and answer session featured a spirited discussion about possibly opening up additional cases based on the evidence discovered in Levon’s and Kennedy’s cases.

Tucker, Joe, and Andy were joined by Levon Brooks, one of the men featured in the film.

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The Votes are In!

From the Oxford Film Festival website:

“The 2011 Oxford Film Festival came to a close last Sunday night, and now the ballots for audience favorite are in.  Mississippi Innocence, the non-competition documentary by filmmaker Joe York, took home the top prize for overall audience favorite.  Two years in the making and produced with Tucker Carrington and the Mississippi Innocence Project at the UM School of Law, Mississippi Innocence tells the compelling story of Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, two men who combined spent over thirty years behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit.”

Congratulations Joe York!

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Mississippi Innocence

MISSISSIPPI INNOCENCE tells the story of Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, two men who combined spent over thirty years behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit.

Here is the trailer that we’ve created for the Oxford Film Festival pre-screening of Joe York’s moving film, Mississippi Innocence.  Produced with Tucker Carrington and the Mississippi Innocence Project at the UM School of Law, Mississippi Innocence tells the story of Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, two men who combined spent over thirty years behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit.  The film will screen February 11th at 5:30 and 7:00 at the Malco Theatre in Oxford.  Please come out to support this project two years in the making.