In 1993, Danielle Metz was sentenced to triple-life plus twenty years for nonviolent drug offenses associated with her abusive husband’s New Orleans drug organization. She was 26 with two small children, seven-year-old Carl and three-year-old Gleneisha. Danielle’s family would become one of thousands caught up in the US War on Drugs—a casualty of the system, another mother excessively sentenced for “boyfriend crimes,” or offenses associated with their male partners. After 23 years, thanks to the Obama Administration's Clemency Initiative, Danielle is finally free, but the wounds of her absence run deep. Over a seven-year journey, we follow Danielle as she tries to reconnect with her now-adult children while finding her footing and purpose in the free world.

Commuted participated in the 2018 Diversity Fellows Initiative (past program), is a participant of the 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab, and Project: Hatched 2024.