| Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall (40 min) US |
[watch trailer] |
Friday 10/17, 6:00 PM (Session 3)
Director: Edgar Barens
Producers: Edgar Barens, Lisa Heller
Description:
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall is the Academy Nominated moving cinema verite documentary that breaks through the walls of one of Americas oldest maximum security prisons to tell the story of the final months in the life of a terminally ill prisoner and the hospice volunteers, they themselves prisoners, who care for him. The film draws from footage shot over a six-month period behind the walls of the Iowa State Penitentiary and provides a fascinating and often poignant account of how the hospice experience can profoundly touch even the forsaken lives of the incarcerated.
Biography:
Edgar Barens received his bachelor’s degree and masters of fine arts in cinema and photography from Southern Illinois University. His body of work includes documentary films, experimental shorts, music videos and public service announcements, which have been screened at numerous film festivals, conferences, broadcast nationally and internationally, as well as distributed educationally. Barens directs and produces documentary films that explore the many issues at play in the American criminal justice system. Prior to Prison Terminal, Edgar's most significant documentary film was A Sentence of Their Own for which he garnered the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) award - the only national award recognizing filmmakers who focus on our criminal justice system in a thoughtful and considerate manner. Barens' work has received funding from the Illinois Arts Council, the Open Society Institute, the Independent Feature Project, the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the International Documentary Association, with additional support from Working Films and the Blue Mountain Center.
Contact Information:
e: prisonterminal@yahoo.com
w: www.prisonterminal.com
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