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Article: FILM SHOWS INMATES VICTIMS MAKING ART
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- Dayton Daily News
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- November 13, 2009
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DAYTON -- Co-director Tony Heriza started working on "Concrete
Steel & Paint" in 2003. Six years later, he's still amazed that a
collaboration between "people who have done harm" and "people who
have been harmed" could work so well.
The independent documentary, which will have its premiere
Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Neon Movies, depicts the creation of a
mural by prison inmates and victims of crime.
The 55-minute film includes encounter sessions where the two
sides express their views and feelings about punishment, remorse and
forgiveness. The subject of their painting is healing.
Heriza, a former Daytonian, graduate of Antioch College and
cofounder of Cityfolk, produces educational ...