Perversion of Justice

Winner of the Changemaker Award, Media that Matters Film Festival
Winner of the Advocacy Award, San Francisco Women's Film Festival

The American Civil Liberties Union is now representing Hamedah Hasan with her effort to gain a presidential commutation. Please visit their website to find out how you can help with the effort!

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In this poignant 30-minute documentary, we meet Hamedah Hasan and her three daughters, a family caught in the web of our nation's federal sentencing guidelines and drug conspiracy laws.

Hamedah fled from an abusive relationship and sought refuge at the home of her cousin, who was selling drugs. When her cousin was arrested, prosecutors also charged Hamedah as a conspirator in the drug-selling operation. What happened next shocked Hamedah, her attorney and outraged even the Bush-appointed Federal judge who sentenced her, calling this the "most grotesque perversion of justice I can think of."

This film is a powerful call to action. No viewer will be untouched by Hamedah's story, which is the story of thousands of families across America.

A short version of Perversion of Justice was selected for inclusion at the 8th annual Media that Matters Film Festival and won Working Films' Changemaker Award. Check out the short and find out more about this fantastic festival at http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/8/

AN OPEN LETTER FROM HAMEDAH HASAN

2007
Produced and Directed by Melissa Mummert
Edited by Dorne Pentes
Cinematography by Jeffrey Roberts