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The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:58:27 +0000

The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison intimately captured the day-to-day reality of six men living - and dying- in America's largest and oldest penal institution. In the process, it captured their innate humanity, and the relationships and community that they built to sustain one another. By revealing a powerful and universal truth - that to err is human and to forgive, Divine - THE FARM touched an enormous and receptive audience and garnered many of cinema and broadcast's top awards. When first broadcast on A&E, THE FARM attracted the largest audience for a documentary feature in the network's history. THE FARM was broadcast in 15 countries, including Japan, Australia, and throughout Europe, and has been the basis of educational programs throughout the nation since.

The Road To Redemption

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:58:27 +0000

Liberian author Elma Shaw guides us through her nation's brutal civil war and the conflicting roles that Liberians played in the destruction of their small, West African nation. Many women served as combatants in rebel factions and were both the victims and perpetrators of unspeakable atrocities. This documentary short is a beautiful and moving tale of the journey these women must make as they resolve to either seek revenge against those who stole their childhoods, or seek forgiveness and reintegration into their communities. They courageously choose to release the darkness in their souls by sharing their intimate stories, in order to, in the words of one, "become a human being".

The Farm: 10 Down

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:58:27 +0000

One decade after THE FARM: ANGOLA, USA (Oscar nominated 1999; two-time Emmy Winner 1999), we go back inside Louisiana's maximum security penitentiary, to catch up with our characters lives. While the theme of THE FARM was to "err is human, to forgive divine", we now delve more deeply and find hope for "reconciliation and release". Angola is America's oldest and largest prison, with 5,000 inmates, most of whom have received life-,or death-,sentences for violent crimes, and will never leave Angola. THE FARM continues to provide extraordinary opportunities for learning through storytelling.