
Untitled Family Portrait
Credit: Ruth Torres
In Development
Directed by | Chase Joynt |
When a former pastor returns from a 23-year incarceration for child sexual abuse, his family’s experiences are nuanced and conflicting. True crime documentaries and legal procedurals have conditioned us to consider sentencing and punishment as the end of violent stories, but these methods only delay the potential for transformation and healing. Through a character-driven, vérité portrait of a family wrestling with what it means for their father to come home, the film offers an engaging conversation about restorative justice and non-carceral forms of repair, specifically in the context of child sexual violence.
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