Composer Jongnic Bontemps (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Redfall, Boots, My Name Is Pauli Murray, The Gates, 4400, Madea’s Destination Wedding, Wedding Season, United Skates, World’s Best) is reuniting with director Lynn Novick (The Vietnam War, Hemingway) on the upcoming PBS documentary Crime and Punishment in America. The show is directed by Novick, narrated by Keith David and explores the history of criminal justice in America – from the pre-colonial period to 21st century mass incarceration. The 4-part/8-hour series features the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Laura Linney, Matthew Rhys, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Hyde Pierce & BD Wong and offers a comprehensive examination of how the intertwined forces of law, power, race, and class have both shaped and reflected the American experience over four centuries.