In 1973, Jennifer Fox wrote a story for her 8th grade English class called ‘The Tale,’ which alluded to an intimate relationship between a 13-year-old girl and her running and riding coaches. Her teacher thought it was fiction. It wasn’t. “I wrote at 13 with no concept of abuse at all,” she says. “It was a love story.” Decades later, Fox’s mother found the story, forcing her to confront her past trauma and see it with new eyes. Fox wrote and directed the new HBO film ‘The Tale,’ starring Laura Dern.

Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews Spike Lee’s new film ‘BlacKkKlansman.’

Julian Adler, co-author of ‘Start Here,’ and Judge Victoria Pratt discuss alternatives to jail, including community service, social services and even personal essays. Adler and his co-author Greg Berman write, jails “are accelerants of human misery.“