Recidivism: the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend. 

Since 2005, an estimated 68% of released prisoners were arrested within 3 years, 79% within 6 years, and 83% within 9 years.

In 2015, 6,741,400 total persons were supervised by the U.S. adult correctional system or approximately 1 in 37 adults.

AFTER ORANGE humanizes the statistics by following recently released convicts, Jeffrey Padilla & Jeremiah Otero, on their road to redemption.

AFTER ORANGE explores the stigma of being an ex-con. The day to day struggle, both external in trying to do the essentials of everyday life: find a job, care for their family, pay the bills, and the internal: Increasing their self-worth, the guilt of betraying their loyalties and finding the confidence to strive for a better future. 

Examines a hard truth: The life of criminality these men chose was in fact, due to the system, already chosen for them— forsaken from the beginning. The film follows these 5 men on the precipice of a decision...

Redemption or Recidivism?

Meet the EX-CONS