Guild Hall Red Carpet Film Series: Prisoner No More – A Film Screening of Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison

Guild Hall Red Carpet Film Series: Prisoner No More – A Film Screening of Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison, by T.J. Parsell  

Q&A to follow with Filmmaker, Cast, and Crew  

By the time he was 21 years old, T.J. Parsell had spent nearly a quarter of his life in prison; by 30 he’d put himself through college and was a successful software executive; at 40 he became a human rights activist, a published author, and one of the nation’s leading advocates to end prisoner rape.  The term fish, prison parlance for a new arrival or first timer, comes from the phrase, “fish out of water.” Parsell now attends NYU Graduate Film School, where he is making a feature length film from his award-winning book, Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man’s Prison (Da Capo Press, 2007). Parsell will show three short films, two of which are adaptations of his story, along with a documentary-short, which explores the root causes of crime and intergenerational incarceration.  After the screening, local Sag Harbor resident Parsell will stay for a “Talk Back,” answering questions from the audience.  

$12  

The John Drew Theater in the Dina Merrill Pavilion at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806; Tickets online at GuildHall.org or at Box Office 631.324.4050;theatermania.com; or 1.866.811.4111  

Sponsored in part by A.R. Landsman Foundation