In "When a Witness Recants," documentarian Dawn Porter collaborates with author Ta-Nehisi Coates to examine the case surrounding the first student murdered inside a Baltimore public school.
Three innocent men from Coates’ community were incarcerated for 36 years on the false testimony of children coerced to take the stand.
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Dawn Porter, director of When A Witness Recants, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
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