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The Farm: Angola, USA is a 1998 award-winning documentary set in the notorious and largest American maximum-security prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola.
Sep 27, 2016 · Liz Garbus and Jonathan Stack co-directed this documentary, which explores life behind the bars of Louisiana's notorious maximum-security prison, Angola. Stationed on an old slave plantation ...
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Jan 17, 1998 · The Farm: Angola, USA: Directed by Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack. With Bernard Addison, Burl Cain, George Crawford, Wilbert Rideau. Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective.
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- Documentary
- Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack
- 1998-01-17
Filmed over the course of four seasons at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, LA, THE FARM follows the lives of six prison inmates who convey their own personal stories of life, death, and survival in a world that few manage to ever leave.
A film that explores life behind the bars of Louisiana's notorious maximum-security prison, Angola, where most inmates are black and most staff are white. The film features the stories of various inmates, their struggles, hopes and challenges in the prison system.
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- Documentary
- Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack
So tells Eugene Tannehill, inmate of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, the largest maximum security prison in the United States. With six complexes on over 18,000 acres and known as the Farm, it holds approximately 5,000 inmates, roughly 85% of whom will die there.
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A film by Wilbert Rideau, a former inmate of Angola State Penitentiary, the largest maximum security prison in America. The film explores the history, culture, and challenges of life and death in this notorious prison.
