RIKERS originally premiered at the DOC NYC Film Festival in New York City and on Thirteen/WNET in November, 2016. These insightful interviews below were among the media coverage that took place at that time.
RIKERS: AN AMERICAN JAIL, revised with a new introduction by Bill Moyers, will be broadcast on PBS stations across the country in May, 2017.
Rikers: An American Jail is coming out just as debate over how to close the notorious facility is reaching a fever pitch.
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker on how Rikers Island is a microcosm of everything wrong with America’s criminal justice system.
Rafael Pi Roman interviews Bill Moyers, Judge J. Lippman and former detainee Cadeem Gibbs.
Brian Lehrer interviews Bill Moyers and Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy
Voices from NYC’s Most Notorious Jail: Former Prisoners Speak Out About Abuse at Rikers Island