Omar & Pete
By: a film by Tod Lending ; producer and director, Tod Lending ; produced by Nomadic Pictures Ltd
Contributors: Mason, Leon; Duncan, William "Pete."; Nomadic Pictures Ltd; Docurama (Firm); New Video Group
Series: EXC 634 (NU course)
Publisher: Docurama; Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [New York, NY]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780767086578
Subjects: African Americans; Ex-convicts; Biography; Rehabilitation; Halfway houses; Recidivism; Case studies; Drug addicts; Maryland. Department of Correction; Maryland
Other titles: Omar and Pete; Point of view (Television program)
Description: Reduced to its most sensational elements, the criminal justice system is a fount of melodramas featuring violation, heartbreak, and retribution.  Beyond the snarling punks and streetwise cops of fictional lore is a far more prosaic story of ordinary people struggling to free themselves of poverty, addiction, and the legacies of broken families.  Like Pete and Omar, they struggle ultimately to free themselves of the dehumanizing cycle that takes them from crime on the streets to prison and back again.  With extraordinary cooperation from the Maryland Department of Corrections (MDOC), this film provides an insider's view of innovative efforts in Maryland to build the social and community support that will allow more ex-inmates to succeed.
Notes: This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.

Originally broadcast on September 13, 2005 as an episode of the PBS television program: POV [Point of view].

Special features: Deleted scenes (9 min.); Filmmaker interview (36 min.); Filmmaker statement [text feature]; Filmmaker biography [text feature]; About Docurama [text feature]; Catalog/trailers.

Cinematographer, Slawomir Grunberg ; editor, Jan Sutcliffe ; composer, Sheldon Mirowitz.

William "Pete" Duncan, Leon "Omar" Mason; interviewees include Kimberley Lewis, LaTonya Johnson, Nevelle Thompson.

DVD-R; NTSC; Dolby digital stereo; enhanced for 16x9 televisions.

In English; close-captioned.
Table of contents: title: Growing up in prison; title: Beginning of a family; title: Happy as a kite; title: Back in the saddle; title: Coming and going; title: Dealing with issues; title: Support system; title: Taken off the streets; title: Keys to locked doors; title: Knowing how to live; title: Prison within; title: Credits.