The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
2016•1h 30m•6.6•Released
Documentary
More people are imprisoned in the United States at this moment than in any other time or place in history, yet the prison itself has never felt further away or more out of sight. This is a film about the prison in which we never see an actual penitentiary. The film unfolds a cinematic journey through a series of landscapes across the USA where prisons do work and affect lives, from an anti-sex-offender pocket park in Los Angeles, to a congregation of ex-incarcerated chess players shut out of the formal labor market, to an Appalachian coal town betting its future on the promise of prison jobs.
Director
Brett Story
Writer
Brett Story
Languages
English
Studio
Oh Ratface Films
Cast
Charisse Davidson
Self
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Oh Ratface Films
Producer
Brett Story
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