Witnessing hope in the dark through documentary filmmaking: observations of cross-cultural prison therapeutic communities
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https://doi.org/10.56217/forum.vol13.92Keywords:
therapeutic community, hip hop, the language of connection, unlearning violence, documentaryAbstract
Last week, on August 15th, Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. And yet, even now, we continue to witness armed conflicts, occupations, and large-scale human suffering in many parts of the world.
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