"He served 27 years in prison before being granted parole. As soon as he was released, he was taken into ICE custody. Although not currently incarcerated, Prasad is haunted by the fear of deportation, given the administration's escalated actions against immigrants. Additionally, as a queer man, he faces potential persecution in Fiji. Prasad and his legal team are seeking a full pardon from Governor Newsom."
""There's so much you can say about the narrative of crime, and how that has been so weaponized in San Francisco and the Bay Area," says Henry Kinder, a creative producer at Even/Odd who also directed two of the three films. "I think we have a real opportunity to present an alternative vision for what public safety really looks like," he says."
Prasad served 27 years in prison before receiving parole and was immediately taken into ICE custody. He fears deportation amid escalated actions against immigrants and faces potential persecution in Fiji as a queer man. Prasad and his legal team are pursuing a full pardon from Governor Newsom. Henry Kinder, creative producer at Even/Odd, directed two short films intended to counter weaponized crime narratives and present an alternative vision of public safety. The films are made for, by and with San Francisco communities, blending poetic intimacy and high production values. A sentencing mitigation video will screen on Dec. 2 to demonstrate media used to influence judges toward leniency. The work advances The Adachi Project's mission to represent defendants' full humanity in media and courtroom advocacy.
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