Time (2020)
dir. Garrett Bradley · 2020
The struggle for love and connection can endure even the harshest separations imposed by society.
Fox Rich has spent two decades fighting for her husband's release from prison, documenting her journey through intimate video diaries. Watching this film feels like stepping into a deeply personal space where love and resilience confront the harsh realities of the prison system, revealing the emotional toll of separation and the strength required to endure it.
Fox Rich is a fighter. The entrepreneur, abolitionist and mother of six boys has spent the last two decades campaigning for the release of her husband, Rob G. Rich, who is serving a 60-year sentence for a robbery they both committed in the early 90s in a moment of desperation. Combining the video diaries Fox has recorded for Rob over the years with intimate glimpses of her present-day life, director Garrett Bradley paints a mesmerizing portrait of the resilience and radical love necessary to prevail over the endless separations of the country's prison-industrial complex.
Talking points
- the impact of incarceration on families
- the role of love in systemic struggles
- the ethics of justice and redemption
- the use of personal narrative in activism
