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Take an animated journey through the first 24 hours after arrest in New Orleans, when an individual is processed into jail, held overnight, and then brought shackled to court for the first time. "First Disappearances" connects multiple stories into one collective account to give you a vivid feel for what it's like to be "locked inside of a box inside of a box with shackles on my feet."

First Disappearances | holding bodies, Episode 1
The three-part holding bodies: a justice anthology uses personal experiences of arrest, pretrial detention, and incarceration to reconsider the intention, design, and process of America’s justice system.

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Executive Producers
Audrey Rosenberg
Jess Jacobs
Carrie Lozano
Lois Vossen

Director
Milan Daemgen

Producer
Alex P. Willson
Cassandra Rumping
Milan Daemgen

Executive In Charge of Production
Royd Chung

Senior Manager, Short-Form Content
Pamela Torno

Supervising Producer
Susan Cohen

Consulting Producer
Clare Chambers

Production Coordinator
Nora Mohamed

Animator
Gurleen Rai

Editor
Adam Sekuler

Additional Editing
Nitzan Saar
Milan Daemgen

Animation Plate Photographer
Hennen Payne
Daniela Leal

Jail Photo References
Zac Manuel

Composer, Sound Design, Mix & Master
Ajai Combelic

Additional Cinematography
Zac Manuel
Paavo Hanninen
Milan Daemgen
Hennen Payne
Alex P. Willson

Voice Over
Douglas Wilcox II

Interview Subjects
Bobby Wallace
Dominique Minor
Ed Johnson
Isaac Knapper
Jerome Morgan
Jude Braud
Keisha Edwards
Kenneth "Biggy" Johnson
Kiana Calloway
Meghan Garvey
Michael Henn
Montrell Harris
Oscar Carter
Roy Brumfield
Sabrina Carter
Steve Singer
Taetrace Harrison

Production Assistance Provided By
Greenhouse Collective
Wandering Cameras

Fiscal Sponsor
NOVAC

Special Thanks
Alfred Marshall
April Dayok
Chike Ozah
Darcy McKinnon
Former Chief Orleans Public Defender Derwyn Bunton
Glen Petre & Michelle Benoit
Grant Hallmark & Amy Rodenberger
Jason Williams & Staff at Orleans District Attorney's Office
Jee Park & Staff at Innocence Project New Orleans
Jennifer Medbery
Josh Cox
Lindsey Hortenstein & Staff at Orleans Public Defenders
Melody Chang
Molly Fowler
New Orleans Safety & Freedom Fund
Rob Kazik & Staff at Orleans Criminal Court
Syrita Steib & Staff at Operation Restoration
Vera Institute
Voice of the Experienced
William Snowden

Artist Support Provided By
New Orleans Film Society – Emerging Voices

Funding Provided By
National Performance Network Grant
Southern Documentary Fund
Elizabeth Monaghan
Olivia Woollam
David Barksdale

Independent Lens Short-Form Funding Provided By:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Acton Family Giving
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Ford Foundation
Wyncote Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts

Holding Bodies: A Justice Anthology is a co-production of Sonder, LLC and Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation For Public Broadcasting (CPB). This program was produced by Sonder, LLC which is solely responsible for its content.
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