LETTER

 

                                                                                                                                         

In 2022, Seeing for Ourselves continued its second effort, on behalf of the clients of New York’s Department of Probation (DOP).

 

Our half-hour documentary In a Whole New Way played in the film festival circuit, selected by over a hundred eighty festivals around the world and amassing over fifty awards.  The film also won the support of legislators, justice officials, and the probation industry itself.  A workshop on the film was conducted with NYC Department of Probation Commissioner Ana Bermúdez at the annual conference of the American Probation and Parole Association.  All this was a major step in terms of the hoped-for impact on the scale of Project Lives. Press coverage would be key but was not solicited, pending a more strategic moment.

 

A highlight was the film's acceptance for PBS screening. 

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The planned major exhibition of Seeing for Ourselves photography wound up being postponed until 2023, after the Delta and Omnicron variants of COVID-19 dashed hopes for a museum reopening. Meanwhile, the Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth, Maine staged an inspiring exhibit in February, including a remote screening of the film including a discussion with local officials.

 

Book publishing was completely disrupted by the pandemic’s impact on global supply chains, but we signed a deal with Prospecta Press at year end to publish In a Whole New Way in June 2023.

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The balance sheet for the year, as previously, was effectively a blank. We put out personal funds for festival fees, manuscript editing, exhibits, and other expenses. 

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Meanwhile, Jonathan and George continued to contribute a person-year between them in voluntary labor.

 

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