In 2009 after she was sentenced to more than two years of imprisonment for solicitation of prostitution, Marcia Powell was locked in a metal cage in the sun at an Arizona prison. Hours later she collapsed in the over 107 degree heat and by day's end she was dead. Even though an internal investigation carried out by the Arizona Department of Corrections revealed that prison guards had denied her water and ridiculed her when she pleaded for help, no one was held accountable. The story of how Marcia came to be incarcerated and the circumstances of her death reveal the impact that inhumane prison conditions are having on a wide range communities of sex workers—including the homeless, young people, transgender people and immigrants—across the United States. The documentary NO HUMAN INVOLVED chronicles how a movement formed around this case, seeking justice in her name.
NO HUMAN INVOLVED is directed and produced by PJ Starr, edited by M.Trevino and PJ Starr, with Contributing Producer M.Trevino. Music for the documentary has been composed by Maxim Moston and audio post-production is by David Wilson.
RECENT SCREENINGS: The FILM PREMIERED at the HOBOKEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL and has since screened at the 2016 COVELLITE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, the 2017 QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL where it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature, the NEVADA WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL in March 2017, the Unrestricted View Film Festival in London in March 2017, the San Francisco Bay Area Sex Worker Film and Art Festival in May 2017, and the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF VISUAL SOCIOLOGISTS in Montreal on June 21, 2017.
RECENT SCREENINGS: The FILM PREMIERED at the HOBOKEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL and has since screened at the 2016 COVELLITE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, the 2017 QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL where it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature, the NEVADA WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL in March 2017, the Unrestricted View Film Festival in London in March 2017, the San Francisco Bay Area Sex Worker Film and Art Festival in May 2017, and the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF VISUAL SOCIOLOGISTS in Montreal on June 21, 2017.
