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Defending Our Lives (1994)
Documentary about the magnitude and severity of domestic violence. This film features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their...
Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison (1966)
Pete and Toshi Seeger, their son Daniel, and folklorist Bruce Jackson visited a Texas prison in Huntsville in March of 1966 and produced this rare...
Refuge(e) (2019)
Refuge(e) traces the incredible journey of two refugees, Alpha and Zeferino. Each fled violent threats to their lives in their home countries and...
Life After Life (2017)
After decades behind bars, three men set out to prove success can lie on the other side of tragedy. Follows the stories of Harrison, Noel, and Chris...
The Condemned (2013)
With unprecedented access, this documentary looks into the hidden world of one of Russia's most impenetrable and remote institutions - a maximum...
The Big One (1997)
The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce...
Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life (2011)
Weaving together the voices of women entangled in the criminal justice system, along with leading scholars on prison abolition, this film provides a...
Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014)
Four-time Emmy winner John Kastner was granted unprecedented access to the Brockville facility for 18 months, allowing 46 patients and 75 staff to...
Cruel and Unusual (2006)
Five transgender women share their prison experiences. Interviews with attorneys, doctors, and other experts are also included.
Extreme Consequences: The Reality of Prison Life (2007)
A compelling look at the choices that lead to incarceration and the reality of being locked up in Pelican Bay State Prison.