The Child Serves Time Too.
A powerful virtual experience about incarceration, family separation, fatherhood, healing, and rebuilding broken relationships — told through the true story of a father and son separated for 14 years.
Your $30 Bundle Includes
Virtual access + live Q&A + 48-hour replay + premium unisex shirt — shipping included
Shipping included
If this story feels close to home, this space is for you.
This experience was created for people who understand that incarceration affects more than the person behind bars. It affects children, parents, caregivers, families, and the people helping those families heal.
Whether this story is deeply personal to you or you simply want to better understand the impact incarceration has on families, this experience was designed to spark meaningful conversation and reflection.
A story that helps families say what has been hard to say.
- A deeply emotional presentation based on a true father-son story.
- The child’s perspective of growing up with an incarcerated father.
- The father’s perspective of missing years of his son’s life.
- Honest reflection around guilt, anger, absence, healing, and reconciliation.
- A live Q&A after the showing where viewers can reflect and ask questions.
Most people talk about the person behind bars. Almost nobody talks about the child left behind.
For many families, incarceration creates pain that does not end when someone comes home. It can leave behind silence, resentment, shame, distance, and questions nobody knows how to ask.
Out of the Ashes was created to help start those conversations — because healing cannot begin if families stay silent.
The shirt carries that message beyond the event: “The Child Serves Time Too.” Every shirt helps spark conversations and spread awareness about the impact incarceration has on children and families.
American children has experienced having an incarcerated parent. This story is closer to home than most people realize.
What People Are Saying
“You can hear a pin drop when dads watch the film. It makes dads think deeply because they can see themselves in the film.
Fathers Matter Program
“It opened a floodgate of emotions and helped students feel empowered to bring their worries and fears to light.
Head of School
“I cried and was sad the whole time. I was happy that I saw people who are just like me.
Student attendee
“It starts a conversation about reconciliation. It doesn’t look at the dynamics through rose-colored glasses. It’s real and raw.
Director of Programs
Simple From Start To Finish
- 1Purchase your $30 ticket + shirt bundle.
- 2Receive your Zoom access information by email.
- 3Join us this Saturday at 12:30 PM EST.
- 4Watch the virtual showing and stay for the live Q&A.
- 5Your premium shirt is mailed to the shipping address provided at checkout.
FAQ
The showing is streamed virtually, and the Q&A afterward is live with the creators.
The full experience is approximately 1 hour, including the virtual showing and live Q&A.
Yes. Your bundle includes 48-hour replay access after the event.
The virtual showing takes place this Saturday at 12:30 PM EST.
Your premium unisex shirt will be mailed to the shipping address provided at checkout. Shipping is included with your bundle.
Yes. Families are welcome to watch together from one device.
Get Your Ticket + Shirt — $30
Be part of the conversation that helps families heal.
Saturday at 12:30 PM EST · Virtual showing + live Q&A + 48-hour replay + premium unisex shirt. Shipping included.