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North by Current

Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his infant niece and the subsequent arrest of his brother-

2021

Requiem for a Dream

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

2000

To Be

Juana, Mar, and Eduardo tell their stories of abuse.

2020

Rodents

The world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a

1999

Black Thoughts

A man that is a stranger, is an incredibly easy man to hate. However, walking in a stranger’s shoes, even for a short while, can transform a perceive

2020

These Dangerous Years

A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.

1957

Safe Place

A Southern Indiana man endures a fatal night of torture after being arrested for a routine traffic stop.

2024

The Big House

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning

1930

Jelly Roll: Save Me

An inside look as the 38-year-old prepares to perform at the famed Bridgestone Arena in his hometown of Nashville, featuring never-before-seen tour fo

2023

Reform School Girl

A teen girl is thrown into reform school for refusing to squeal on her delinquent boyfriend where she ends up meeting his ex-girlfriend and the jealou

1957

Young Kids, Hard Time

Young Kids Hard Time explores the story of young children sentenced to adult prison for decades, through the eyes of 12-year old Paul Gingerich and 15

2012

True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality

An intimate portrait of Alabama public interest attorney Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who for more

2019

Mula

Francisco, Isabel, Fco. Javier and David are captured in different parts of the world when they worked as "mules" to overcome the crisis. They tell th

2021

Blue Room

Incarcerated participants in a mental health experiment watch videos of sunset-soaked beaches, wildflowers and forests on loop, prompting them to refl

2022

Farther and Sun: A Dyslexic Road Trip

Could dyslexia be a gift? Or can it only ever be a disability? Documentary maker Richard Macer sets off on a road trip with his dyslexic son Arthur to

2018

Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars

A look beyond the shock and inhumanity of prison rape to the intricate social hierarchy that keeps it alive. A filmmaker goes deep inside Alabama's in

2004

Hell

Chennu committed his first crime when he was 15 years old: being a street kid. And he entered hell: Pademba Road. The adult prison in Freetown. In hel

2019

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2024

The House of the Dead

Bubu is a poet who has been committed to state institutions for the insane twelve times. He challenges the meaning of hospital-jails, hybrid instituti

2009

Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald

Trevor McDonald goes to Rockville Correctional Facility in Indiana to speak with some of the women that live there.

2013