My book around wrongful conviction, Levon and Kennedy: Mississippi Innocence Project, was published by powerHouse Books in 2018, and is available at Barnes & Nobles, Amazon, Rizzoli Books.
https://www.powerhousebooks.com/books/levon-and-kennedy-mississippi-innocence-project/
Our film, GLENDORA, is now completed and in marketing and outreach phase.
SET IN THE HEART OF THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA, GLENDORA REVEALS A STIRRING TALE OF IDENTITY, HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY.
GLENDORA is a multimedia documentary project using analog photography, interviews and film.
This project is made possible by the generous support of LA FONDATION CUVELIER and The JOAN NICHOLS FUND
FOR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS, 501(c)(3) & INDIVIDUALS CAN SUPPORT OUR PROJECT HERE:
https://app.thefield.org/home/donation/general/621308/0
https://secure.donationpay.org/documentaries/film_no_stats.php?f=glendora
https://www.documentaries.org/glendora
All images & footage ©Isabelle Armand Productions, LLC, and cannot be used or reproduced without permission.
SELECTED PRESS:
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/isabelle-armands-portraits-exonerated-60113/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/both-men-were-innocent-but-they-were-from-mississippi
https://www.innocenceproject.org/special-features/the-life-and-legacy-of-levon-brooks/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/books/review/cadaver-king-country-dentist-radley-balko- tucker-carrington.html
https://news.artnet.com/partner-content/european-photography-galleries
https://nppa.org/magazine/mississippi-innocence-project
https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/levon-kennedy-mississippi-innocence-project-by-isabelle-armand/
http://www.picturethispost.com/levon-and-kennedy-mississippi-innocence-project/
http://issuemagazine.com/levon-and-kennedy-mississippi-innocence-project/#
https://www.fstopmagazine.com/blog/2018/09/book-review-levon-and-kennedy-mississippi- innocence-project/
http://www.lifeforcemagazine.com/jan2018/biographies.htm
ONE SMALL TOWN. A THOUSAND STORIES.
Official trailer
All footage and Images ©Isabelle Armand Prods, LLC, and cannot be reproduced without permission
Ms. Florida B. Smith, Glendora, MS.
GLENDORA Photographic book in editing phase, accompanied by interviews.
SYNOPSIS
In the heart of the Mississippi Delta, the village of Glendora may seem quiet and remote. But beneath its stillness lies a vibrant, tightly knit African-American community whose strength, resilience, and creativity thrive despite chronic scarcity. Glendora is the result of five years of close collaboration between filmmaker and townspeople—an intimate portrait of life where economic fragility meets profound cultural wealth. Told through the voices of multiple generations, the film weaves personal testimonies with daily rituals—birthdays, graduations, weddings, funerals— capturing the rhythm of a town that continuously rises above its circumstances. As the Mississippi landscape shifts, so do the stories, revealing both the universality of human experience and the distinct textures of rural Southern life. More than a place, Glendora reflects a larger American history shaped by racial injustice, economic neglect, and structural inequality. The film underscores the community’s efforts to stay connected and shape its future amid ongoing challenges. Glendora is a film made with—and by—the people who live there. It amplifies voices too often unheard, offering a powerful story of culture, resilience, creativity, and collective memory from a town long overlooked—but not easily forgotten.
The film is now completed, and the Glendora Collaborative is beginning its journey-represented at events and screenings by the very people we see and hear in the film.
LEVON AND KENNEDY INNOCENCE PROJECT
Book 2018, PowerHouse Books.
Two men were wrongfully convicted in a small rural town in Eastern Mississippi. Levon Brooks was sentenced to life and Kennedy Brewer, to death . After 33 years of incarceration at Parchman Penitentiary, they were exonerated by The Innocence Project.
IN DEVELOPMENT: JOE AND VICTORIO
Photo book & film in development. Joe Saenz is a Chiricahua Apache from New Mexico and the single dad of an autistic teenager. Joe Saenz also helps preserve his culture and language, and organizes intertribal events.
