Marlon Peterson

Ava Duvernay’s “When They See Us” is one of the most accurate portrayals of incarceration

Ava Duvernay’s “When They See Us” is one of the most accurate portrayals of incarceration

I wanted to hate Ava Duvernay for making When They See Us. Her film was too poignant, too distressing, too good, and, frankly, too close to home. The scene when Korey Wise, the character played by Jharrel Jerome, first entered Rikers Island—I was transported back to that same moment in my life.. When the officer said to get butt-naked—I was there.. The interrogation—I was there too, 19, trembling and repeating “I just want to go home,” exactly like Yusef. Most of all, I remem

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