A new documentary called Visions of Abolition, by UCR Professor Setsu Shigematsu explores the racist aspect of the prison system and the alternatives that could be imagined to our current system of retributive justice. Visions of Abolition features Angela Davis, Ruthie Gilmore, Dylan Rodriguez, Susan Burton, and many others involved in an organization called Critical Resistance, and the growing prison abolition movement.

Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar, recently interviewed Setsu Shigematsu, Director, Writer, and Producer of Visions of Abolition and a professor in the Media and Cultural Studies Department at the University of California, Riverside, and Susan Burton, Executive Director of A New Way of Life, about the film.

Watch a video of the interview here:

Visit www.visionsofabolition.org for more information and to order DVD copies.

Martina Steiner recorded this interview.