Reviews
"POWERFUL.”
MOTHER JONES
"AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE UNLIKE I HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE."
GET REEL MOVIES
"CIRCLES SHOWS US WHAT A REAL HERO LOOKS LIKE, AND WHAT REAL HEROISM TAKES. FILMS LIKE THIS DON'T LEAVE YOU; NOR SHOULD THEY"
615FILM
"SUPERB…EXCEPTIONAL…MUST-SEE. AN INTIMATE, ABSORBING DOCUMENTARY THAT GRABS YOUR ATTENTION AND NEVER LETS GO."
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
"CIRCLES PUTS THE LENS ON THE DIRE NEED FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM, WITH ONE FAMILY AT THE CENTER.”
NPR
"CIRCLES CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO INVOKE CHANGE"
THE OXFORD EAGLE
"CIRCLES HARNESSES THE POWER OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN SCHOOLS."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"CIRCLES EXPOSES THE RAW HUMAN REALITY OF LIFE."
TERRY O'CONNELL, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PIONEER AUSTRALIA
"MOVING… [WE DON’T] SEE ENOUGH MEN, ESPECIALLY BLACK MEN, IN THAT KIND OF ROLE."
TERAN POWELL, NPR RACE REPORTER
"CIRCLES LEAVES US WITH A NEW SET OF EYES ON HOW WE RESTORE JUSTICE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY."
JUMOKE HINTON HODGE, OUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION VICE PRESIDENT
"A POWERFUL AND COMPLEX PORTRAIT OF A MAN TRYING TO HELP HIS SON AND COMMUNITY"
CINEMA AXIS