Jay Z Reveals the Trailer For New Kalief Browder Docuseries, ‘TIME’ [Watch]

The official trailer has been released for the forthcoming documentary series based on the life of Kalief Browder.

TIME: The Kalief Browder Story, is a six-part docuseries centered around the life of Kalief Browder, who was wrongfully imprisoned at the age of 16. The two and a half minute video gives a glimpse of how the tragic ordeal began, opening with Browder being questioned on May 15, 2010.

“I just needed to get my story out,” Browder can be heard saying as the scene transitions into the night in which he was arrested.

Browder maintained his innocence throughout his imprisonment on false charges of robbery and despite being imprisoned without conviction for three years, Browder refused to take the plea bargain for a crime he didn’t commit although that would have released him. During the time, however, Browder was held in solitary confinement and experienced mistreatment by both officers and prisoners.

Upon being released from Rikers Island in 2013, Browder became the voice against wrongful convictions and a champion for criminal justice reform in New York City. Despite making a huge impact, Browder ended up committing suicide two years later by hanging himself.

Judging by the teaser the documentary series, Jay Z and the Weinstein Company will be addressing the wreckless handling of Browder head on via dramatic reenactments of the young man’s life, archival footage, as well as interviews with family and friends.

“Kalief Browder is a modern-day prophet; his story a failure of the judicial process,” Jay Z said during a press conference. “A young man, and I emphasize young man, who lost his life because of a broken system. His tragedy has brought atrocities to light and now we must confront the issues and events that occurred so other young men can have a chance at justice.”

TIME: The Kalief Browder Story is made up of six parts, but two of the first parts will premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

The Kalief Browder Story will begin showing in January on Spike TV.

Check out the trailer below.

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