Play Free

A short documentary about Play Free, a groundbreaking Kansas program that brings incarcerated mothers and their children together for full days of play at a children’s museum, offering families a rare opportunity to connect and strengthen the mother-child relationship outside the walls of prison. This unique program is rapidly becoming a national model currently being adopted by ten other states.

DOCUMENTARY | 22:46

Director Biography - Steve Lerner

Steve Lerner is a psychologist, filmmaker, and musician. He got his start in filmmaking collaborating with his childhood friend Reuben Aaronson, when they made a short film in 1972, Cycle. The film won Honorable Mention at the Marin County Film Festival, and was used for years by noted psychologist Erik Erickson in his teaching.