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I COULD TELL YOU ‘BOUT MY LIFE: Film Summary

Mentored by filmmakers Chiemi Karasawa and Hollis Meminger, 19-year-old Michael Martin reflects on his incarceration on Rikers Island and the affect it had on his life.

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