World Premiere
SOLITARY
Viewpoints
| USA | 82 MINUTES | English | English subtitlesFemale Director(s), Documentary, NY Director(s)
There are 100,000 US citizens in solitary confinement across the country, a staggering number prompting comment from both President Obama and the Pope. Situated in rural Virginia, 300 miles from any urban center, Red Onion State Prison is one of over 40 supermax prisons across the US built to hold prisoners in eight-by-ten-foot cells for 23 hours a day. With unprecedented access, director Kristi Jacobson offers a revealing and moving portrait of life inside solitary confinement. Filmed over the course of one year, this eye-opening film braids stark prison imagery, stories from correction officers, and intimate reflections from the men who are locked up in isolation. The inmates share the paths that led them to prison and their daily struggles to maintain their sanity. Through the moving stories of the people who are immersed in this system, SOLITARY offers a rare window into life on both sides of the bars and prompts challenging core questions about punishment in America today.
—Dan Hunt
—Dan Hunt
Cast & Credits
Directed by
Kristi Jacobson
Kristi Jacobson is a New York–based filmmaker whose films capture nuanced, intimate, and provocative portrayals of individuals and communities. Her previous films include A Place at the Table (Participant Media/Magnolia Pictures), Toots, winner of National Board of Review’s Top Documentary Award, and American Standoff (HBO), produced by two-time Oscar-winner Barbara Kopple.
Director
Kristi Jacobson
Producer
Julie Goldman, Kristi Jacobson, Katie Mitchell
Editor
Ben Gold
Cinematographer
Nelson Hume
Executive Producer
David Menschel
Composer
T. Griffin
Senior Producer for HBO
Nancy Abraham
Executive Producer for HBO
Sheila Nevins
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