Cover image for Shakespeare Behind Bars [digital video].
Title:
Shakespeare Behind Bars [digital video].
Publication Date:
2005

2024
Publication Information:
Philomath Films, 2005.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
Murderers, Fugitives, Thieves...Shakespeare would have loved these guys. Shakespeare Behind Bars is an unexpectedly delightful documentary that follows the casting, rehearsal, and presentation of Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, by convicted felons inside Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. Winner of eight film festival awards, Shakespeare Behind Bars smashes many of our long held notions about prisoners and criminals as we watch these remarkably unique actors prepare. Ultimately, we get to see the human psyche unfold in all of its complexities, as these men, ostracized from society, reveal their kindness, generosity and faith. In the process, we accompany them as they discover the power of truth, forgiveness and transformation.Shakespeare Behind Bars does not glorify these men or excuse their crimes, but rather attempts to take a more humane look at them as human beings, not merely felons. Over the course of the year and the film, we see these men changed - enriched, challenged, awakened, and fulfilled.
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Title from title frames.

Film
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Electronic Access:
A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy
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