Uncomfortably Comfortable

Brooklyn, New York. An agreement between filmmaker and protagonist. A questionnaire. The film as a project of mutual interest. “I want to see what can develop with your artistic abilities and my circumstances as much, if not more than you!” Reflections about vulnerability and the power of interpretation. What makes you cry? Racism. Marc Thompson speaks about inevitabilities in a racist system. About the function of prison walls in keeping structural violence out of sight. About the stigma of homelessness, shame about the past, and the (re-)writing of one’s own history. After seventeen years in prison, for long stretches...