Hope House

Hope House began in 1998 providing cutting edge programs to strengthen families and the relational bonds between children and their fathers imprisoned far from home. In addition their goals include reducing the isolation, stigma, shame and risk these families experience when fathers and husbands are imprisoned, and to raise public awareness about this most at-risk population. Our film focuses on Kobe, a 13-yr-old whose father Carlos has been incarcerated since his son was 5 years old. For the first time, last summer Kobe attended the Hope House program Father to Child Summer Camp Behind Bars. This was the first time they had seen each other since Carlos went to jail. We document the evolution of their relationship over the course of camp and beyond.