Every year, more than 650,000 people in the U.S. leave prison and face a new set of consequences when they return home—from constant surveillance to denied access to employment, education and voting rights.
Cut+Run has collaborated with business messaging app, Slack, on the trailer for Home/Free, a documentary short film narrated by Freeamerica founder, artist and activist, John Legend that sheds light on the unseen obstacles individuals face when they return home after being incarcerated in prison.
Directed by J.J. Anderson, Home/Free is produced by Slack, in partnership with Next Chapter, freeamerica, and the Equal Justice Initiative. Cut+Run’s Pete Koob was tasked with editing the film’s trailer and accompanying teasers to help bring attention to the powerful film and its important message. Watch the trailer below:
REELated:
Slack’s journey in supporting previously incarcerated individuals started nearly seven years ago when over 200 Slack employees visited San Quentin State Prison and witnessed the engineering talent from incarcerated students learning to code.
Through these visits, the company realized that the technology sector has a responsibility to act and reimagine the re-entry process. As a result, Slack incubated Next Chapter, a program that creates engineering career pathways for formerly incarcerated individuals in the tech sector and has since graduated over 40 apprentices into full-time engineering roles at leading tech companies.
Home/Free is available to stream on Prime Video now.
CREDITS:
CLIENT: Slack
- VP Brand & Creative Strategy: Colin McRae
- Senior Director Global Brand Marketing Strategy: Kirk Landgraf
- Slack Global Media Manager: Veronica Sandoval Guerrero
- Senior Director, Creative: Josie Jeffries
- Director of Film + Video: Adam Hobbs
- Senior Production Manager: Pam Lama
- Copywriter: John Knight
- Senior Designer: Michael Belen
- Senior Designer: Mel Haasch
- Senior Designer: Zoe Berger
- Social Media Manager: Jace Ross
- Senior Manager, Integrated Production: Allie Sherratt
- Director of Corporate Communications: Gabrielle Ferree
- Senior Manager, Public Relations: Audrey Carson
Slack for Good:
- Senior Director: Deepti Rohatgi
- Senior Program Manager: Natrina Gandana
- Senior Program Manager: Angela Daniels
- Senior Manager: Francis McCarthy
- Anastasia Lukiman – Account Director, Archetype
EDIT: Cut + Run
- Editor: Pete Koob
- AE: Chance St. George, Stefan Manz
- Executive Producer: Brian Stanley
- HOP/Producer: Kristen Jenkins
FINISH: Jogger
- Creative Director: Andy Brown
- Flame Artist: Brendan Crockett
- Motion Graphics: Daniel Chang
- Flame Artist: Jorge Tanaka
- Colorist: Adolfo Martinelli
- HOP: Diana Cheng
- Producer: Joel Paisner
MUSIC AND SOUND: Squeak E Clean
- Original Music, Sound Design, Final Mix: Squeak E. Clean Studios
- Executive Creative Director: Rob Barbato
- Executive Creative Producer: Michael Gross
- Creative Lead/Sr. Composer: Matthew Compton
- Music + Post Producer: Emily Weinstein
- Senior Sound Designer + Mixer: Surachai Sutthisasanakul
- Assistant Engineer: Ben Abud
