'Alone' Shows How Jail Continues A Long Tradition Of Ripping Black Families Apart | The Huffington Post

'Alone' Shows How Jail Continues A Long Tradition Of Ripping Black Families Apart | The Huffington Post:



The film, set in New Orleans, uses the long-distance relationship between Watts and her fiance, Desmond Watson, to explore the connections between the systematic separation of black families for the past 400 years ― starting with African enslavement ― and the current prison-industrial complex. Watts began dating Watson about two years ago, and he has been incarcerated for over a year as he awaits trial.