A moving chronicle of forgiveness, family, and the transformative power of art, Contessa Gayle’s SONGS FROM THE HOLE weaves music and storytelling into an innovative documentary visual album. Incarcerated musician James “JJ’88” Jacobs reveals his innermost struggles as a person who has both committed and experienced violent harm. While serving a double-life prison sentence, he searches for healing and peace as he comes of age in this documentary-musical odyssey composed behind bars. SONGS FROM THE HOLE is a powerful mix of truth-telling and dreaming that reveals the potential for healing and liberation within us all.

A Q&A with director Contessa Gayles follows the screening.