Philly DA Episode 6
PRESENTED BY: Online EventWe will be watching Episode 6 about the opioid crisis. Please email us at Meaningfulmoviesspokane@gmail.com to get links for movie and discussion. You can choose to watch them movie on your own via PBS Passport or video app. We will start the movie at 6;00 and discussion at 7:00
In 2017, Philadelphia had one of the highest incarceration rates of any major city in the United States. And itβs become the epicenter of a historic experiment that could shape the future of prosecution in America for decades to come. When civil rights attorney Larry Krasner mounted a long shot campaign to become District Attorneyβand wonβhe pledged to end mass incarceration by changing the culture of the criminal justice system from within.Β With unprecedented access to Krasnerβs office, Philly D.A. exploresΒ over the course of eight episodesΒ the most pressing social issues of our timeβpolice brutality, the opioid crisis, gun violence, and mass incarcerationβthrough the lens of one man attempting fundamental overhaul from within the system.
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