True Films 3.0 - Kevin Kelly

The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison
A straight-on view of the legendary lifer’s prison on an old slave plantation
in Louisiana, where few leave alive. The surprise is that some lifers
find truth and happiness inside the hell. Depicts the anguish lifers can
expect (I’ll be good, I promise) and of course it stirs up outrage for the
innocent (expected) but what I find worth recommending is the inspiration
it plants as you see humans blossom in the most inhumane place.
By Jonathan Stack and
Liz Garbus
1998, 100 min.
Available from Amazon
New arrivals peek apprehensively out of
the bus window (above) to see where they
will be spending the rest of their lives.
The fear and dread of every prisoner is to
die inside. The unlucky are buried in the
prison yard (right). Not too different from
a chain-gang, prisoners are rewarded for
good behavior by being allowed to work in
the fields.
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