In recognition of Universal Human Rights Month, Chatham Community Library will host a virtual film screening of False Confessions (2019), beginning Thursday, December 7, and continuing through December 14, 2023.

False Confessions follows four cases of defense attorney Jane Fisher-Byrialsen, including that of Korey Wise who was only sixteen when he was manipulated into a false confession in the infamous Central Park Jogger case, as she fights to put an end to an institutionalized injustice. Examining the complex tactics law enforcement agencies across the U.S. use to coerce false confessions, the film looks at the psychological aspect of how people end up confessing to crimes they have not committed as well as the consequences of these confessions – for those accused, for their families and for society.

 Film Highlights and Awards:

• Documentary Special Jury Award for Excellence in Social Justice Storytelling, LA Film Festival
• Politiken Audience Award, CPH:DOX
• Doc NYC
• Salem Film Festival
• Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival
• Zurich Film Festival

 Access to the virtual screening will be available beginning Thursday, December 7, by clicking HERE.  A password is required at the time of viewing. 

Please contact social.library@chathamlibraries.org to request the password or for additional information.

This program is free and open to the public.