SXSW ’17 Interview: Jairus McLeary on Going Inside to Do “The Work”
The director talks about going into Folsom Prison to bear witness to a therapy program unlike any other and the film's 15-year journey to th...
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Interview: Ben Lear on Writing Out of Wrongs in “They Call Us Monsters”
The first-time director on going behind bars for a compelling new doc about juvenile delinquents finding a way out through screenwriting.
Tribeca ’16 Interview: Bilal Chatman, Kelly Duane De La Vega & Katie Galloway on Making the Break from Prison in ” The Return”
The "Better This World" filmmakers talk about getting inside the complex experience of life on the outside for ex-cons.
Interview: Darius Clark Monroe on the Soul Searching of “Evolution of a Criminal”
On starting anew after delving into a dark personal past for a riveting new documentary told from the perspective of his friends, family and...
Interview: David Mackenzie on Evolving
as a Director With “Starred Up”
On the prison-set drama about a father and son that set this director free.
Interview: Gabriel London Gets Inside “The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest”
On the thrilling doc about an escape artist whose exploits after getting into prison were far crazier than what landed him there.
