Knife Skills is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Thomas Lennon. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 90th Academy Awards."Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405" wins Best Documentary Short Subject-Oscars on YouTube It received generally positive reviews from critics.
Summary The film focuses on people's transition from prison life to the outside world through Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. The goal of the institute is to teach former prisoners life skills and to give them focus in order to reduce recidivism rates. The film follows the first class of students through their training and the opening of the restaurant by founder Brandon Chrostowski.
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External links Official Trailer KNIFE SKILLS 2017 from TFL Films LLC channel
Watch Knife Skills at The New Yorker