The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo
1999•30m•8.5•Released
Documentary
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo is a 1999 American short documentary film directed by Simeon Soffer. It focuses primarily on the inmates experiences in the rodeo. For a lot of those prisoners, the rodeo seems to be the only thing they have to look forward to. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Director
Simeon Soffer
Production
Producer
Jonathan Stack
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