About the Filmmaker
Rev. Melissa Mummert is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and advocate for incarcerated women. She decided to make a documentary about the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and drug conspiracy laws while serving as a chaplain intern at a Federal prison in California.

Perversion of Justice is her first documentary. She has had an eclectic career, including serving as a case manager for homeless youth in East Los Angeles, writing for websites and entertainment magazines in Hollywood, CA, and serving as a Volunteer in Service to America on the Navajo reservation.

Mummert currently coordinates a domestic violence education program for female inmates at the Mecklenburg County Jail in Charlotte, North Carolina. She holds degrees in philosophy and theater from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri and a Master of Divinity Degree from Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, CA. Mummert lives happily with her husband Jay and baby daughter Annie.