Legendary Louisiana doc on Angola State Prison. Featured ex-inmate Ashanti Witherspoon will be in attendance for a Q&A after the film.
This documentary about life among the 5,000 inmates of America’s largest maximum security prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary, was the co-winner (with Frat House) of the Documentary Grand Jury award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. Filmmakers Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus worked closely with their guide, prisoner-turned-author Wilbert Rideau, the editor of a prison magazine. The film focuses on the stories of six prisoners, including nervous newcomer George Crawford; elderly Eugene “Bishop” Tannehill, who visualizes a future of eternal salvation; long-time death row inmate John Brown; and dying wife-killer Logan “Bones” Theriot, whose life was so linked to the prison that he overruled his family’s wishes by choosing to be buried on the prison grounds.
45365 3:00PM
45365 is a doc about a small town and the first film of award-winning director Bill Ross (Tchoupitoulas) who will be in attendance for a Q&A after the film.
45365 explores the congruities of daily life in an American town. From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, the parade to the prayer service, it explores relationships and interactions – with people and their environment. The stories of a father and son, a young relationship, cops and criminals, officials and their electorate coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events. 45365 is a portrait of a city and its people.
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