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The Farm : Angola USA / Gabriel Films presents ; a film by Jonathan Stack & Liz Garbus ; produced and directed by Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionSpecial 10th anniversary ed.
Publication Info[Place of publication not identified] : Highest Common Denominator Media Group, ©2009.
Description1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Louisiana State Penitentiary.
DVD-Video discs.
Inmates of institutions--Louisiana.
Prisoners--Louisiana --Attitudes.
Other author/creatorStack, Jonathan, producer, director.
Other author/creatorGarbus, Liz, producer, director.
Other author/creatorAddison, Bernard, narrator.
Other author/creatorHenriques, Sam, cinematographer.
Other author/creatorDavis, Mona, film editor.
Other author/creatorManhardt, Mary, film editor.
Other author/creatorLundy, Curtis composer.
Other author/creatorCain, Burl, interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrawford, George interviewee.
Other author/creatorRideau, Wilbert interviewee.
Other author/creatorSimmons, Vincent, interviewee.
Other author/creatorTannehill, Eugene, interviewee.
Other author/creatorTheriot, Logan, interviewee.
Other author/creatorGabriel Films.
Other author/creatorHighest Common Denominator Media Group.
Portion of title Angola USA
Variant title Title on container and disc surface: Farm : life inside Angola Prison
Other title Life inside Angola Prison
Abstract The film provides an intimate look inside the lives of six inmates at the notorious maximum security Louisiana State Penitentiary. The filmamakers spent a year filming at what was widely known as "America's Bloodiest Prison," called Angola after the home of the slaves that once worked its fields, and still known as "The Farm" - its fertile soil enriched by the surrounding Mississippi River that regularly floods the prison. These are the stories of men sentenced to life - or death - behind bars, some fighting the system to prove their innocence, others paying the price to society for the harm their crimes have caused. But the inmates are sustained by a powerful and innately human longing for redemption that allows them to hold onto hope that their lives will have meaning and that they can achieve forgiveness."--Container.
General note"Originally released in 1998.
CreditsCinematographer, Samuel Henriques ; editors, Mona Davis and Mary Manhardt ; music, Curtis Lundy.
Performer Narrated by Bernard Addison.
Cast Inmates interviewed: Burl Cain, George Crawford, Wilbert Rideau, Vincent Simmons, Eugene 'Bishop' Tannehill, Logan 'Bones' Theriot.
Technical detailsDVD.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
UPC 844667021325

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