 The most significant evidence of the films impact was the passage  of a bipartisan bill, "The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003". As  the bill supported by Human Rights Watch, the DC think tank Hudson  Institute and the nonprofit Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) circulated  through Congress, SPR contacted (Gabriel London) about sending the  film to Senator Kennedy, the Democratic Senate sponsor of the bill.  After his office saw the film, (Gabriel) was contacted about the  possibility of bringing Rodneys mother to DC to testify. In June  2003, Rodney Hulins mother, Linda Bruntmyer, made the journey from  Amarillo, Texas to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee as  the lead