Philly D.A.

Directed by: Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, and Nicole Salazar Released: 2021 (educational) Year of Production: 2020 Running Time: 8 Part Series of 55 Minute Episodes  Language: English Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects: American Studies, Criminal Justice ***Single Episode Pricing Available as well as lower FTE University Pricing. Please Reach out for details***          In 2017, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had one of the highest incarceration rates of any major city in the United States. And it’s become the epicenter of a historic experiment that could shape the future of prosecution in America for decades to come. When civil rights attorney Larry Krasner mounted a long-shot campaign to become District Attorney, he ran on a bold pledge: to end mass incarceration by changing the culture of the criminal justice system from within. He shocked the establishment by winning in a landslide. Now, the bureaucrats he spent his campaign denigrating are his co-workers;