Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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A follow-up to Stephen Maing’s multiple award-winning film, The Surrender. Newly released from prison, former State Department intelligence analyst Stephen Kim recounts the past 11 months and contemplates what to do with the beginning of the rest of his life.

Directed by Stephen Maing

Read an interview with the filmmaker here: theintercept.com/2016/04/12/interview-with-aj-schnack-director-of-speaking-is-difficult

Watch more films here: theintercept.com/fieldofvision