Red Hook justice
By: Sugar Pictures ; produced and directed by Meema Spadola ; writers, Eliza Byard, Meema Spadola
Contributors: Hamilton, Lisa Gay, 1964-; Sugar Pictures (Firm); First Run/Icarus Films
Publisher: [Distributed by] First Run/Icarus Films
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Neighborhood justice centers; Community-based corrections; Administration of Criminal justice; Citizen participation; Administration of Justice; Dispute resolution (Law); Crime prevention; Criminals; Rehabilitation; Social conditions
Description: This documentary tells the story of the Red Hook Community Justice Center (RHCJC), which opened its doors in 2000 to serve a Brooklyn neighborhood plagued by a cycle of unemployment, poverty, and crime. It follows the day-to-day stories of the people whose lives are affected by this new approach to crime and punishment.
Notes: Director of photography, Justin Schein ; editor, David Moore ; original music, Ethan Stoller.

Narrator, Lisa Gay Hamilton.

DVD.

Closed-captioned