This FREE event features a screening of "SONGS FROM THE HOLE," directed by Contessa Gayles. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with Director/Producer Contessa Gayles, Writer/Music Artist/Protagonist JJ’88, and Producer/Music Producer richie reseda. The film, which premiered at SXSW 2024 and won the Audience Award, explores themes of incarceration, healing, and liberation through music and storytelling.

Songs from the Hole with Contessa Gayles (Director, Producer), JJ’88 (Writer, Music Artist, Protagonist), richie reseda (Producer, Music Producer)

Sentenced to life in prison at 15, musician JJ'88 finds hope by writing songs during solitary confinement in this award-winning documentary visual album.