Jacinta

Jacinta

Hope cannot be confined.

2021 · 105 min · ★ 8.0 · Documentary, Crime

An intimate portrait of mothers and daughters and the effects of trauma, Jacinta follows a young woman in and out of prison as she attempts to break free from an inherited cycle of addiction, incarceration, and crime.

Directed by Jessica Earnshaw

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