Edwin’s Restaurant Reforms Ex-Inmates in Oscar-Nominee 'Knife Skills'
/Brandon Chrostowski was given a second chance at life when he faced a judge after having a run-in with the law. Rather than taking it for what it was, Brandon was determined to provide the same chance to others, so he created Edwin’s, a restaurant staffed entirely by formerly incarcerated adults. Filmmaker Thomas Lennon followed him and his students on their mission to build the greatest French restaurant in the United States, creating Oscar-nominated “Knife Skills.”
Show Notes
- 0:55 - Oscar-Nominated "Knife Skills"
- 1:01 - Thomas Lennon and Brandon Chrostowski
- 2:13 - Brandon’s Goal
- 4:27 - Selecting the Students
- 7:07 - Learning More than Knife Skills
- 10:51 - Challenges of Building a Doc
- 15:45 - Giving Back
- 18:42 - The Human Face of Life After Prison
- 20:42 - Life After Filming