SENTENCED: Good Samaritan Cut

Sentenced: A Call-to-Action Documentary

SENTENCED was released in 2024, premiering at the Library of Congress and showing  on screens across the country and on Peacock streaming service. We are elated to offer this Good Samaritan Cut of the original film for the viewing pleasure of people of faith. 

This 30-minute version is populated with the pain of the literacy crisis, the hope for a movement of change AND the inspiration of local communities of faith.

We make this film available here for you. We hope you take it and share it with your pastors, in your worship services, to your small groups and across your faith network.  We only ask that if you host a group showing that you contact us and let us know:  admin@childrensliteracyproject.com
A middle aged Mexican man, sitting inside of his car at nighttime.
A middle aged Mexican man, sitting inside of his car at nighttime.
teenagers riding a tractor. The tractor has a trailer and on the trailer is a couch filled with 5 young people. They look like they are having fun and taking a ride.
A classroom setting. There is a teacher, there are a mix of ethic background children in the classroom.
A little girl, around 6 years old sitting a desk, she is wearing glasses and looking down at a sheet of paper. She is in classroom or library setting.
A white young woman, sitting on a lazy boy type recliner. There are animal heads on the wall. The home looks poor, there is a sheet for a curtain.
A young black woman with a smile, sitting in a chair with a toddler on the floor. The environment looks poverty stricken.
A black man sitting with a child, helping him read. Classroom setting.
about sentenced
SENTENCED is an immersive and vulnerable exploration of the epidemic of childhood illiteracy through a series of braided character driven stories. Filmed from the point of view of ethnically diverse adults and children who have never learned to read, SENTENCED is a forceful yet tender tale of how literacy can free children from the cycles of generational poverty.
The creators of SENTENCED are honored to partner with Stephen (4x NBA champion) and Ayesha Curry (Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation) to bring you this immersive and vulnerable exploration of the epidemic of childhood illiteracy. We hope this powerful and heartbreaking story will inspire 1,000,000 volunteers into the cause of early childhood literacy.

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