Ghosts of Attica

A short 1983 documentary about an alternative to prison.

Devil worship? Could it be real? Follow up to Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground.

The internal journey of eight men, who, through a theater workshop, go through the different prisons they inhabit. Practicing the art of seeing...

'Don't build prisons, they cost too much!' In this era of Great Recession, the conservative and tough-on-crime State of Texas takes an unprecedented...

Documentary about the 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary Riots in which 33 inmates were killed.

The plastic artist Cesar Arechiga recreates his living room and studio in the maximum-security prison of Puente Grande, Jalisco, in which fifteen...

Out of State is the unlikely story of native Hawaiians men discovering their native culture as prisoners in the desert of Arizona, 3,000 miles, and...

Going to the doctor to make a diagnosis or to have a treatment is a common thing in the outside world. But for every prisoner it is a very difficult...

An exchange of video messages between an artist and an inmate, a surprising and intimate portrait from behind prison walls.

A documentary chronicle of the prisoners’ takeover of the Garcia Moreno Penitentiary in Quito, Ecuador. The prisoners find they suddenly have a...

The year’s most spectacular Documentary short films.