MIT prison education program documentary wins New England Emmy Award
A moment from TEJI Co-Director Lee Perlman’s Nonviolence as a Way of Life course, captured by WGBH.
From MIT News:
A short documentary featuring MIT’s prison education program received an Emmy Award from the New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at its virtual award ceremony on June 20. Produced by WGBH, the film bested five other nominees in the Education/Schools category.
“Redemption: MIT’s Prison Education Program” is an intimate portrait of a class discussion that took place last November, part of philosophy course ES.9114 (Nonviolence as a Way of Life). Taught by Lee Perlman, lecturer and co-director of The Educational Justice Institute at MIT (TEJI), the course enrollment included a small cohort of what Perlman calls “outside” students — 10 MIT undergraduates — and an equal number of “inside” students: youthful offenders at Boston’s South Bay House of Correction. On this particular autumn day, students gathered at the prison to discuss the topic of forgiveness.