Nomad: A Lifer’s Journey Through California Corrections (2021, United States)
Short Documentary
Running Time: 29 minutes 58 seconds
Director: Crystal Alcantara Cebedo
Writer: Crystal Alcantara Cebedo
Producer: Crystal Alcantara Cebedo
Cast: Damon L Cooke, Amaryon Bates, Lisa Strong
Logline: A life prisoner battles not only for his freedom but to help the thousands of other long-term inmates that are suffering mistreatment at the hands of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Synopsis:
Damon Cooke is an inmate with a life sentence at Solano State Prison for an attempted murder conviction. This is a story about the path that led him there, what he’s done in his thirty years of incarceration, and his fight for parole in a criminal justice system that will go to great lengths to keep inmates inside.