I AM TROY DAVIS
is a project that grew from Donkeysaddle’s long partnership with the Davis family. Troy Davis was an innocent man on Georgia’s death row, who was executed in 2011. I Am Troy Davis is a book, a theatrical protest against the death penalty and intersecting forms of state and racial violence, and a documentary film currently in post-production.
The I Am Troy Davis performance project began in 2019 as a theatrical protest against the death penalty and intersecting forms of state and racial violence.
The performers include death row survivors, family members of wrongfully convicted people (including those currently on death row), and relatives of those killed by state or racial violence. A documentary film of the process and performance is currently in post-production.
WATCH THE 2019 PERFORMANCE
by Troy Davis, Martina Davis-Correia and Jen Marlowe.
Foreword by Helen Prejean
“Here is a shout for human rights and for the abolition of the death penalty. This book, I Am Troy Davis, should be read and cherished.It will inspire courage in the heart of those who are willing to use their efforts to save lives and increase the quality of life for all people.” -Maya Angelou