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A film directed by John Mackenzie dramatising the life of Jimmy Boyle who was reputed to be Scotland’s most violent man. After a hard upbringing he was twice charged and cleared of murder but was finally...
Documentary. In Lepoglava in Croatia, one of the most notorious penitentiaries in Europe, many regimes have imposed brutal methods to further so-called prisoner rehabilitation. Three prisoners (two murderers...
Documentary. Twenty male inmates of the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange, Kentucky form an acting troupe and perform The Tempest. The film follows the inmates through a 40-week rehearsal...
Independent feature film farce. Jack Bandrowsky (Pine) has just finished a performance as Iago in Verdi’s Otello. Marvin (Nobbs) is a naive audience member who fails to understand that the characters are...
A prison project initiated and supported by London Shakespeare Workout led by Bruce Wall. In ANIMATING MACBETH, the epilogue (read by Kenneth Branagh) is written in iambic verse by Clare, a woman...
The Experiment is a social and psychological exercise based on the infamous 1970s experiment first conducted by Philip Zimbardo in Stanford University and is one of the most ambitious pieces of social...
Three 8-minute films: 1) A CENSOR’S LIFE: In Azerbaijan, where censorship has officially been stopped, journalists still struggle to print the truth. This story follows the daily life of a censor in the...
Features four high-security prisoners in three British prisons following educational courses. Explores their attitudes and ambitions, both long- and short-term, and by following one inmate both before and...
In an effort to come to terms with their loss and grief following their daughter’s murder, Don and Mary Streufert and their other daughter Emily arrange to meet the men who committed the crime, now in...
Describes a project at Blundeston Prison, Lowestoft, Suffolk, whereby inmates are taught to dance in order to work with children from a special school. Two groups of children visit the prison each week - one...
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