Commentators

Amie Dowling

Commentator

Amie Dowling creates dance and theater for the stage, for film and in community settings. Her work considers the politics and representation of mass incarceration. She is a Professor in the Performing Arts Department at the University of San Francisco.

Ways to Disappear
Artistic Ensemble in San Quentin Prison
by Amie Dowling
The films Waterline and Ways to Disappear show the progress of the creative process creating changes in the lives of the incarcerated, their communities, and society.
Well Contested Sites and Separate Sentence
Well Contested Sites and Separate Sentences
by Amie Dowling
The films Well Contested Sites Separate Sentences reflect on the plight of the incarcerated and exposure of their plight, both the condition and the societal issues, to society at large.