David Grabias and Nicole Newnham, Producers/Directors, 'Sentenced Home'

"For the young men with deportation orders whom we encountered, their biggest concern was separation from their family, culture and country -- the United States. 'I'm not Cambodian, I'm American,' we were repeatedly told, in Boston accents, Southern drawls and West Coast street slang. 'I don't remember anything about Cambodia.'"

Loeun Lun, Deportee

"The day I came to get my citizenship, the officer told me I had an arrest warrant for a crime [I committed] in '95. I told him my crime happened eight years ago. I did my time. I obeyed the law ever since. He said it doesn't matter."

Patricia Vroom, Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

"Certainly one can be looking at what are the root causes of somebody choosing a path of criminality. And one can look to the family, schools, the immediate community, you can look more broadly to society in general, the country, whatever. But the point is that, that's really not what the issue is here. The issue is that Congress has looked at what are the rules that people who have been given rights to live in this country must follow in order to get to stay here. And there's something of a quid pro quo. We're giving you something of tremendous value. And in exchange for that expect nothing more than that you live like everyone who got to live here for free. That's all. That's all we're asking for. And if you can't do that then we're going to have to take it away from you."

ITVS Community Cinema Events

ITVS Community is proud to support 'Sentenced Home' with a variety of community outreach events and materials, in anticipation of its national broadcast on Independent Lens on May 22, 2007.

ITVS Community Cinema is our flagship national monthly screening series featuring special previews of upcoming Independent Lens films, along with panel discussions, guest speakers and more!

ALABAMA

Mobile
April 7, 2007 , Saturday, 2:00 PM
Mobile Public Library, Moorer/Spring Branch Screening Room
4 South McGregor Avenue
For more info contact: patrick_baroch@itvs.org

Montgomery
April 17, 2007 , Tuesday, 7:00 PM
Equality Alabama Education Center
821 S. Perry Street
For more info contact: patrick_baroch@itvs.org

CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles
April 20, 2007 , Friday, 7:30 PM
Fine Arts Theater
8556 Wilshire Blvd (1 block west of La Cienega)
For more info contact: chris_holbrook@itvs.org

Oakland
April 11, 2007 , Wednesday, 6:00 PM Reception, 6:30 PM Screening
The Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 Ninth Street, Suite 290
For more info contact: moriah_kinberg@itvs.org

San Diego
April 11, 2007 , Wednesday, 6:00 PM
San Diego Central Library, 3rd Floor Auditorium
820 E Street
For more info contact: patrick_baroch@itvs.org

San Francisco
April 10, 2007 , Tuesday, 6:00 PM
San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street
For more info contact: moriah_kinberg@itvs.org

COLORADO

Denver
April 4, 2007 , Wednesday, 7:00 PM
Starz Film Center
900 Auraria Parkway
For more info contact: patrick_baroch@itvs.org

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington
April 29, 2007 , Sunday, 5:00 PM
Busboys and Poets
14th And V Streets, NW (U Street/Cardozo Metro stop)
For more info contact: michon_boston@itvs.org

FLORIDA

Miami Beach
April 18, 2007 , Wednesday, 8:30 PM
Miami Beach Cinematheque
512 Espanola Way
For more info contact: chi_do@itvs.org

GEORGIA

Athens
April 5, 2007 , Thursday, 7:00 PM
Athens-Clarke County Library
2025 Baxter Street
For more info contact: johanna_brown@itvs.org

Atlanta
April 10, 2007 , Tuesday, 7:00 PM
Hands On Atlanta
600 Means Street
For more info contact: johanna_brown@itvs.org

IOWA

Des Moines
April 14, 2007 , Saturday, 3:30 PM
Des Moines Area Community College
Building 1, Rooms 124-126
For more info contact: chi_do@itvs.org

ILLINOIS

Chicago
April 10, 2007 , Tuesday, 6:00 PM
Harold Washington Library Center, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street, Lower Level
For more info contact: naomi_walker@itvs.org

LOUISIANA

New Orleans
April 29, 2007 , Sunday, 6:00 PM
Ashe Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
For more info contact: patrick_baroch@itvs.org

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston
April 25, 2007 , Wednesday, 7:00 PM
Democracy Center at Harvard Square
45 Mt. Auburn St.
For more info contact: patrick_baroch@itvs.org

MICHIGAN

Grand Rapids
April 3, 2007 , Tuesday, 7:00 PM
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
41 Sheldon Boulevard SE - Theatre
For more info contact: patrick_baroch@itvs.org

MISSOURI

St. Louis
April 12, 2007 , Thursday, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Missouri History Museum
Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park
For more info contact: chi_do@itvs.org

NEW YORK

Albany
April 16, 2007 , Monday, 7:00 PM WMHT Studios
4 Global View
For more info contact: chi_do@itvs.org

Ithaca
April 20, 2007 , Friday, 7:00 PM
Henry St. John Building, Suite 103
301 South Geneva Street
For more info contact: chi_do@itvs.org

Saratoga Springs
April 29, 2007 , Sunday, 2:00 PM
Saratoga Springs Public Library
49 Henry Street
For more info contact: chi_do@itvs.org

PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia
April 24, 2007 , Tuesday, Doors open at 6:30 PM, Screening at 7:00 PM
The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
For more info contact: cindy_burstein@itvs.org

Pittsburgh
April 5, 2007 , Thursday, 7:00 PM
Point Park University, 212 University Center Screening Room
414 Wood Street
For more info contact: patrick_baroch@itvs.org

WASHINGTON

Seattle
April 14, 2007 , Saturday, 4:00 PM
Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Avenue at Pike Street
For more info contact: patrick_baroch@itvs.org

WISCONSIN

Sheboygan
April 24, 2007 , Tuesday, 7:00 PM
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
608 New York Avenue
For more info contact: patrick_baroch@itvs.org