As usual, I didn’t even know about the party. A few weeks ago there was a Prison Reform Film Festival in Houston. Despite some sketchy web design, they screened some great movies.
If I Want To Whistle, I’ll Whistle
Directed by Florin Serban 2010 Romania/SwedenDEATH ROW
Directed by Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian 1979 USA B/WDon’t Kill My Father
2010 USA ColorSweethearts Of The Prison Rodeo
Directed by Bradley Beesley 2009 USA ColorMeeting With A Killer
2001 USA ColorTroop 1500
Directed by Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein 2005 USA ColorMi Vida Dentro or My Life Inside
Directed by Lucia Gaja 2007 Mexico ColorTORTURE: America’s Brutal Prisons
Directed and Produced by Nick London 2005 Britain ColorThe Dhamma Brothers
Directed by Jenny Phillips, Anne Marie Stein and Andrew Kukura 2008 USA ColorHospice shorts: Angola Prison Hospice and Prison Terminal (work in progress)
Directed by Edgar Barens 1999 and TBA USA Color
Was also interested to see that the festival was partly sponsored by “The Prison Show“, a radio program where callers can shout out to incarcerated friends and family. I knew this kind of programming existed for hostages in Columbia.
