A documentary based on Chicano writer Jimmy Santiago Baca is set for release in June and producers hope to get it into schools with Latino and Native American students.
Director Daniel Glick told The Associated Press the film will be released on DVD and online. It had been shown at festivals nationwide.
"A Place to Stand" follows the life of Baca from Estancia, New Mexico, to his time in the Arizona State Prison in Florence, Arizona. It covers his rise from a nearly illiterate convicted criminal to one of the most recognized Mexican-American writers in the country.
The film took more than three years to make and was produced after a social media campaign to raise money.
Baca is known for such poetry collections as "Poems Taken from My Yard."
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