Trailer for Doc ‘26.2 to Life’ About the San Quentin Prison Marathon

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26.2 to Life Doc Trailer

“It’s a community now. If you can’t live in a community in here, you can’t live in a community out there.” An official trailer has debuted for a documentary film titled 26.2 to Life, made by filmmaker Christine Yoo. This premiered at the DOC NYC Film Festival last year, where I had a chance to see it. It’s a fascinating film taking us inside the walls of the infamous San Quentin Prison in California, and allowing us to meet and spend time with some inmates there. It also won Audience Choice Award at the 2023 Santa Barbara Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Seattle Film Festival. Behind the walls of San Quentin State Prison, three men sentenced to life in prison for murder undertake running a marathon on a quest for redemption and freedom – or something like it. The doc features Markelle “The Gazelle” Taylor, Tommy Lee Wickerd, Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, and Coach Frank Ruona. This is one of those eye-opening docs you’ll never forget, if only because we get to hear from people that most of us would never encounter in our regular lives. // Continue Reading ›

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