UNSUNG: Forgiveness
UNSUNG Launches Powerful Storytelling Series on the Prison System
The Sing Sing Prison Museum, in collaboration with Life Stories, Musicambia, and the Ossining Public Library, is proud to announce UNSUNG—a multimedia storytelling and music series that brings together formerly incarcerated individuals, advocacy and carceral professionals, artists, and community members to explore the prison system through the lens of humanity, healing, and transformation.
Held in the Budarz Auditorium at the Ossining Public Library, the UNSUNG event series invites the public to experience dynamic evenings that blend film, music, and moderated conversations—like attending a concert, film screening, and book club all in one. Audiences are encouraged to attend all four of the programs, but these
programs can also stand-alone if you can only attend one.
2025 UNSUNG Event Lineup – All events begin at 6:30 PM
July 10 | UNSUNG: Voice
Featuring an interview with Reginald D. Betts (voice) plus a dynamic moderated panel and live music by Kenyatta Emmanuel.
September 11 | UNSUNG: Forgiveness
Featuring an interview with Marcus Menendez (forgiveness) plus a dynamic moderated panel and live music by Alfred Roberts.
October 9 | UNSUNG: Love
Featuring an interview with Lawrence and Ronnie Bartley (love), plus a dynamic moderated panel and music by Kenyatta Emmanuel.
November 13 | UNSUNG: Alone
Featuring an interview with Noelle Richardson (alone), plus a dynamic moderated panel and music by Alfred Roberts.
*A dessert and wine reception will follow this event.*
Inspired in part by Liberian/United Nations radio host and truth commission contributor Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna, UNSUNG uses shared stories and live music to invite personal and communal reflection on damage, resilience, and transformation.
The UNSUNG series is underwritten by Lilly Endowment.
About Sing Sing Prison Museum
Sing Sing Prison Museum (SSPM) shares stories of incarceration and reform, past and present, and brings people together to imagine and create a more just society. SSPM envisions a justice system dedicated to healing and rehabilitation and a society that respects individual humanity and dignity. The museum is opening in phases starting in 2025 and continuing through 2028.
About Life Stories
Life Stories produces and distributes documentary films about people whose lives inspire meaningful change. Our interviews, series, films, and educational resources address issues of social justice, history, politics, the arts, and culture by shining the spotlight on relatable human stories of purpose and meaning in times of collective change.
Visit LifeStories.org to learn more.
About Musicambia
Musicambia (“music”+”change”) helps people in prison write, play, and perform music, cultivating collaborative communities that nurture everyone involved. Our Flagship Program, which began at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 2014, meets every other weekend from September to June. Thirty participants attend over four hours of classes, fostering teamwork, empathy, and responsibility to themselves and fellow students. Musicambia also operates programs at Bedford Hills in New York, Kansas, and California. We annually reach 125 incarcerated participants and audiences of 220 incarcerated people at our concerts.
About the Ossining Public Library
For more than 150 years, the Ossining Public Library has established a legacy of service, enrichment, and inspiration to the greater Ossining community. Chartered as The Sing Sing Public Library in 1893, the library began as a collection of 700 books in the superintendent’s office before finding a permanent home on Croton Avenue in 1914.
