Four-time WNBA champion Maya Moore has been fighting for the release of a wrongfully convicted man named Jonathan Irons, who has inspired her pursuit of criminal justice reform.
Director Biography
Rudy Valdez is an Emmy Award-winning Michigan-raised, New York City-based filmmaker committed to creating social, cultural, and political stories through a cinematic and meaningful lens. He got his start in film as a Camera Operator on the Peabody Award-winning, Sundance series Brick City and went onto direct a true passion project, The Sentence (HBO), which won several awards. Valdez is currently in production on Heart and Hustle, a 5-part docu-series for Netflix, two documentary projects following WNBA superstar, Maya Moore and her fight for criminal justice reform debuting on ESPN in 2021 (produced by Rockin’ Robin Productions), and the definitive feature documentary of Carlos Santana (produced by Imagine Documentaries).
Screening as a part of Shorts: Relationships