Synopsis
Over the course of three years, French photographer and artist JR developed a large-scale artwork in a maximum-security prison in California in collabora- tion with those incarcerated at the institution. The project shows the power of art as a tool for hope and transformation in a systemically violent carceral system.
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Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : JRSA
- Co-productions : Social Animals, Ciné-Tamaris, MK Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : mk2 films
- French distribution : mk2.alt
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Rosalie Varda
- Screenwriter : JR
- Directors of Photography : John Hunter Nolan, Tasha Van Zandt, Roberto De Angelis
- Editors : Maxime Pozzi-Garcia, Sylvie Landra
- Sound recordists : Yves-Marie Omnès, David Chaulier, Antoine Baudouin, Lucile Demarquet
- Co-producers : Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz
- Sound Mixer : Thierry Delor
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Documentary
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France (84.73%), Switzerland (15.27%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
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