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Omar & Pete by Tod Lending | Click to read the synopsis

Omar and Pete are determined to change their lives. Both have been in and out of prison for more than 30 years — never out longer than six months. This intimate and penetrating film follows these two longtime African-American friends after what they hope will be their final release. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: September 13, 2005 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

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Behind the Lens: Filmmaker Tod Lending

"It is asking a lot of a man who's been in prison for mostly 30 years, being watched by prison cameras, being surrounded by men 24-7, to then allow you to go out and follow him for another two and a half years. That's asking a lot. Fortunately, Omar and Pete were open to it."
  —Tod Lending

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Photo outside, looking in, of Omar in prison cell

OVERVIEW: ADDICTS BEHIND BARS

The National Institute of Justice, the research division of the US Department of Justice, has estimated that as many as 80 percent of prisoners, probationers and parolees have drug- or alcohol-related problems.
Find out more about the connection between addiction and crime. » 

Omar has his mug shot taken before being reincarcerated

INTERVIEWS: BATTLING RECIDIVISM

Representatives from two of the Baltimore-based programs featured in the film talk about what makes their programs successful and their recommendations for other cities struggling with recidivism problems. » 
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Posted Sept. 12, 2005

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