Blowin' Up

Blowin' Up
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Runtime: 1 Hr. 46 Min. Rating: Release Year: 2018 Film Info: Screening format: DCP
Visit Website Director: Stephanie Wang-Breal Executive Producer: Eric Fredston-Hermann, Susan Fredston-Hermann, Agnès Mentre, David Panda, Lee Patty Quillin, Blaine Vess Producer: Carrie Weprin Screenwriter: Stephanie Wang-Breal Cinematographer: Erik Shirai Editor: Jonathan Oppenheim Cast: Toko Serita, Eliza Hook, Susan Liu, Catherine Carbonaro, Leigh Latimer

Created as an antidote to the broken way our criminal justice system treats sex workers, an experimental court in Queens attempts a unique and empathetic approach to women brought in on prostitution charges: Complete a series of free counseling sessions and have your record expunged. Giving voice to these oftcriminalized women—frequently survivors of abuse, trafficking, or other systemic violences—Blowin' Up is an important look into the intimate stories and day-to-day drama of this humane courtroom on the vanguard of the alternative justice system.

Community Partners: Exploit No More, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconin-Milwaukee, UWM School of Social Welfare

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