WASHINGTON POST

“Sundance Film ‘The Sentence’ Puts a Tearful Human Face on Prison Injustice” by Steven Zeitchik

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/01/21/sundance-film-the-sentence-puts-a-tearful-human-face-on-prison-injustice/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.380e8d720c91

NBC NEWS

“In HBO documentary 'The Sentence,' Rudy Valdez shows family fallout from mandatory prison sentencing” by Paul A. Reyes

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/hbo-documentary-sentence-rudy-valdez-shows-family-fallout-mandatory-prison-n919096

FILMMAKER MAGAZINE

“This Film Started Because I Needed to Capture Moments”: Director and DP Rudy Valdez on The Sentence” by Filmmaker Staff

https://filmmakermagazine.com/104630-this-film-started-because-i-needed-to-capture-moments-director-and-dp-rudy-valdez-on-the-sentence/#.W-XbXi2ZOCQ

USA TODAY

“The 10 Best True-Crime Documentaries Ready to Stream” by Kelly Lawler

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/11/06/10-best-true-crime-documentaries-series-streaming-jinx-keepers-evil-genius-oj-made-america-sentence/1857147002/

LA TIMES

“In 'The Sentence,' a brother explores the toll his sister's imprisonment takes on their family” By Amy Kaufman

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-sentence-rudy-valdez-cindy-shank-20181012-story.html

VICE

“A New HBO Documentary Exposes the Absurdity of the War on Drugs” by Seth Ferranti

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wj9ynx/a-new-hbo-documentary-exposes-the-absurdity-of-the-war-on-drugs

VARIETY

“Review: The Sentence Is a Moving Portrait of Time Unjustly Lost to Prison” by K. Austin Collins

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/10/the-sentence-hbo-review/amp