“THE FILM’S EMPATHETIC CONNECTION IS SO DIRECT AND SO STRONG, AUDIENCES MAY BE DRIVEN TO WEEP AS WELL”
Variety
The Inside Circle Foundation has been a groundbreaking path of mission and service for New Warriors since it was conceived in 1999. Rob Allbee, who did the New Warrior Training Adventure in 1997, brought his skills in men’s work and his connections in MKP to bear in helping launch the program with Patrick Nolan, who started running men’s circles in Folsom some time before the Inside Circle was formed. Inside Circle Foundation is a Ron Hering Mission of Service Award Winner. Many of the most recognized leaders in the ManKind Project view their time working with inmates as the most powerfully transformative experiences they’ve had.
“A humanist masterpiece; An extremely emotional journey through the thoughts and fears of Folsom Prison inmates.”
Birth, Movies, and Death
The Times of London – ★★★★★, The Observer – ★★★★★, MetroUK – ★★★★★ “Life-changing,” Total Film – ★★★★★, IndieWire – ★★★★★
The film shows men’s work in all its beauty, sadness, rage, and redemption. It invites viewers right in to the circle as men work with their shadows through a men’s intensive inside Folsom. It also tracks the several of the facilitators, showing them not as experts, but as men who are sharing a path of discovery. Everyone learns. Everyone is human. The film is having a powerful impact on audiences, and showing how men’s work changes lives in a way never before presented. The ManKind Project USA congratulates everyone involved in making this film, and we celebrate the continued exposure that men’s work is getting in the public eye.
