Edgar Barens

Edgar Barens received his Bachelors degree and Masters of Fine Arts in Cinema and Photography from Southern Illinois University. His body of work includes documentary films, experimental shorts, music videos and public service announcements, which have been screened at numerous film festivals, conferences, broadcast nationally and internationally, as well as distributed educationally. Barens directs and produces documentary films that explore the many issues at play in the American criminal justice system. Prior to Prison Terminal, Barens' most significant documentary film was A Sentence of Their Own for which he garnered the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) award - the only national award recognizing filmmakers who focus on our criminal justice system in a thoughtful and considerate manner.