Northern Virginia – AIRS Documentary Screens at InThrive Film Festival – Northern Virginia

On June 13, 2025, the #AIRS Campaign documentary screened at the InThrive Film Festival – Northern Virginia at the McGuireWoods Gallery at the Workhouse Arts Center, located on the former grounds of DC’s Lorton Prison.

The screening brought the #AIRS Campaign’s message about incarceration, reality television, media exploitation, and human dignity to an audience in a space deeply connected to the history of incarceration.

The documentary challenges the exploitation of incarcerated people through reality television and asks important questions about who controls these stories, who benefits from them, and what happens after the cameras leave.

The screening was an important opportunity to continue the #AIRS Campaign’s work to promote truth, dignity, accountability, and more responsible media representations of incarceration.

The #AIRS Campaign asks us to look beyond the screen—and to ask what accountability, dignity, and justice should look like when the cameras are gone.