Tosha Mills and Christopher Horne are on a mission in new documentary series to uplift the dignity of mothers who all have their own personal narratives with children in prison and killed by police brutality by amplifying their voices...one story at a time.
THE PROJECT & OUR PURPOSE:
UNHEARD VOICES: A Mother's Quest for Freedom is a documentary project chronicling the journey of mothers with incarcerated children. As of March 2021, there are approximately 2.3 million people in prison while each one of them sits with a unique story of their own, but something is missing. This series brings us an insight into an inspiring gathering of a group of mothers with incarcerated children as they share a safe place allowing them to voice their struggles.
From living rooms to prison gates, UNHEARD VOICES captures raw conversations, shared heartbreak, and the quiet power of solidarity. As Tosha finds her voice, she discovers a movement — one built by women who refuse to be silent. What begins as a personal reckoning becomes a national call for reform. This is a story of loss, resilience, and the fierce love that drives ordinary people to demand extraordinary change.
OUR NEED:
Six years into filming, we have started post-production and have been invited to exhibit our series pilot at film festivals across the country and internationally winning awards for Best Social Justice Film, Best Director, Best Director, Best Documentary, and more. While we have built great momentum, everyone is asking "When can we see this film?!"
To continue screening at film festivals and prepare our package and presentation for hopeful distribution, we are in need of financial support. Your contribution will help us with the following:
- Film Festival Submission Costs
- Travel & Lodging Costs for Film Festival Screenings
- Post-Production
- Legal Fees
A MESSAGE FROM OUR DIRECTOR:
MEET MOTHER-SON DUO:
Tosha Smith-Mills is the CEO of a talent agency, a Paralegal, a visionary, an advocate, an award-winning and Amazon best-selling author of Momma I Should Have Listen: A Voice of Pain and Power, a memoir detailing her journey to healing through her son’s incarceration. Mrs. Mills started a national organization called Parents with Voices, Inc. that aims to help parents challenge their trauma living with an incarcerated child as well as assisting them to find their purpose in advocacy.
“DREAM THE PAINTING AND WAKE UP AND PAINT THE DREAM.”
Christopher Paul Horne, 30, an accredited actor, award-winning photographer, graduate from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and New Orleans-native now residing in New York City, is making his directing debut in UNHEARD VOICES: A Mother’s Quest for Freedom to share a story that parallels one of 2.3 million other siblings.
On this God-given assignment, Christopher uses his creative eye as a photographer and tells a story that brings humanity to each mother's narrative in efforts to help them change the trajectory of their trauma.
Directing this film became a coping mechanism for me; my mom lost her son, and I lost my brother to a Criminal Justice System we knew nothing about. I became "obsessed" to the "process of discovery" and wanted to assist my mom in breaking down systems of oppression while freeing those oppressed, including my own family. I began to evolve when I realized that storytelling at this magnitude would require more from me. In order to be effective in telling the story of 2.3 million, I would first have to tap into my own; I would have to tap into places of my intellectual, emotional, consciousness, and psychological that fashion photography did not require.
“God presented two things in our home— talent and tragedy. This documentary is the byproduct of it.”
