"REAS, much like the characters whose lives it explores, sings with exuberance, pain and deep humanity. Its subjects' stories, told through a blend of documentary, musical theater and narrative filmmaking, stand as testament to the power of collaboration between filmmakers and subjects, genres of film and mediums of art. REAS doesn't shy away from using multiple genres to tell its story; it masterfully blends them to raise new questions about the possibilities of documentary. Just as powerful as its breaking of forms is its statement about film as a tool of reclamation for people who have experienced incarceration." - Jurors Mathew Rodriguez, Lu Linares and Gian Cassini
