‘The Worst of the Worst’ on Tour

Posted on April 30, 2013 | 0 comments

Upcoming Screenings: May 2 at 7:30 pm – Town Hall; Needham, Mass. Hosted by the Needham Human Rights Committee (more info | press) May 16 at 6:00 pm – King’s College; London, United Kingdom. Hosted by the International State Crime Initiative (more info)          

“The Worst of the Worst” in the New Statesman!

Posted on February 25, 2013 | 0 comments

British political magazine The New Statesman has featured the Visual Law Project’s most recent film, The Worst of the Worst, in an online posting detailing the predicament of Talha Ahsan, a British national extradited to the US in 2012 and suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome, currently serving time in Northern, the Connecticut…
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“The Worst of the Worst” on MSNBC!

Posted on November 19, 2012 | 0 comments

Yesterday morning, Melissa Harris-Perry screened a clip of The Worst of the Worst in a segment on solitary confinement. VLP Founder Valarie Kaur explained how solitary breaks down spirits on both sides of the bars, exacting a huge price on all touched by Supermax prisons. Inmates, correctional officers, their families,…
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VLP Founder Valarie Kaur on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show

Posted on October 27, 2012 | 0 comments

This morning on MSNBC, Valarie Kaur touted the innovations in legal education occurring at Yale Law School. Among those innovations is the Visual Law Project, which equips students with the skills and strategies of filmmaking to support their advocacy efforts. Take a look! Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news,…
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VLP featured in the New Haven Independent

Posted on October 27, 2012 | 0 comments

Check out this piece in the New Haven Independent, featuring VLP’s own Tom Maher, Ivy Wang, and Eric Parrie. Production has just begun on VLP’s latest film, an in-depth profile of the New Haven Police Department. More news on this exciting project to come! http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/lights_…_cameras_…_community_policing/

Infographics as tools of Visual Law

Posted on October 9, 2012 | 0 comments

One of the real challenges of policy-oriented documentary films is conveying complex sets of facts in a visually appealing and succinct way. In our own films, we have learned that it takes a strong collaboration between director and animator to bring data to life. And we are always excited to…
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Announcing THE WORST OF THE WORST

Posted on April 26, 2012 | 2 comments

The Worst of the Worst tells the story of one Supermax prison in Connecticut, where prisoners deemed security threats are kept in isolation for 23 hours a day, sometimes for years on end. It explores the impact of Supermax on former inmates and correctional officers, and brings in the voices…
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At Film Premiere, Project Founder Valarie Kaur Talks About “Our Grand Experiment”

Posted on June 29, 2011 | 1 comments
Yale Visual Law Project Inaugural Year

Welcome, everyone. My name is Valarie Kaur, and I’m the director of the Yale Visual Law Project. It is my great pleasure to welcome you tonight to this special advanced screening of the first-year films of the Project. First, I’m going to tell you a little bit about our grand…
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Experts Wanted: Using Expert Testimony To Empiricize Anecdotes

Posted on March 25, 2011 | 0 comments
expert testimony

At this week’s meeting, we somehow managed to attract two more fascinating guest speakers to our Visual Law Practicum. The first was Dave Saldana, who has been a producer, journalism professor, First Amendment lawyer, and communications director. Joe Friedman, who has acted as a director of photography at various points…
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Degrees of Truthiness

Posted on January 11, 2011 | 1 comments
Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa

We opened our reading group with a discussion of the film Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa. The film addressed themes of loss of humanity, faith, and gender relationships; we began with the basic question of why the characters in Rashomon told the stories and lies that they told, and why people tell stories…
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