The Farm : Angola USA
(DVD or VCD)

"Originally released in 1998.

Cinematographer, Samuel Henriques ; editors, Mona Davis and Mary Manhardt ; music, Curtis Lundy.

Inmates interviewed: Burl Cain, George Crawford, Wilbert Rideau, Vincent Simmons, Eugene 'Bishop' Tannehill, Logan 'Bones' Theriot ; narrated by: Bernard Addison.

The film provides an intimate look inside the lives of six inmates at the notorious maximum security Louisiana State Penitentiary. The filmamakers spent a year filming at what was widely known as "America's Bloodiest Prison," called Angola after the home of the slaves that once worked its fields, and still known as "The Farm" - its fertile soil enriched by the surrounding Mississippi River that regularly floods the prison. These are the stories of men sentenced to life - or death - behind bars, some fighting the system to prove their innocence, others paying the price to society for the harm their crimes have caused. But the inmates are sustained by a powerful and innately human longing for redemption that allows them to hold onto hope that their lives will have meaning and that they can achieve forgiveness."--Container.

DVD.