What is it that ties us to the state where we currently live and adopt it as the one we're "from"? How does living in our states define us? States of America is a series of short documentaries--one from each of our 50 states--that ask these questions by featuring everyday people as diverse as the landscape in the places they call home. This is a story of Maryland.
While serving a life sentence in a Maryland prison as a 17 year old, Chris sat down and wrote out what he called his “master plan” of all the things he believed he could do in his life, then got to work. After reinventing himself over 15 years with a college degree, multiple languages, and a passion for learning, he was released and dedicated his new life to providing opportunities to an underserved community in Baltimore.
*States of America is created and produced by Brad Barber
*Maryland is directed and shot by Brad Barber, edited by Hannah G. Hughes, with music by Micah Dahl Anderson. Title design by Brian Turley and Mark T. Lewis.
