Posts Tagged ‘HBO’
Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder
Across the United States, violent crime in prison is an everyday reality, with inmates routinely exposed to assault, riot, rape and murder. Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder examines the culture of institutionalized violence through the events that led to one brutal prison murder. Utah State Prison surveillance cameras capture this disturbing real life account of the vicious stabbing of a black inmate – Lonnie Blackmon – by convicted murderer and white supremacist Troy Kell and his accomplice Eric Daniels.
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Prisoner makes Documentary…In Prison
Omar Broadway, an incarcerated gang member, successfully smuggled a video camera inside the Newark’s Northern State Prison. His goal was to document the abusive prison guards in hopes that his footage would obtain him an early release. His collaboration with filmmaker Douglas Triola earned them a screening at the Tribeca film festival and subsequently picked up by HBO. The film can be viewed on the the DVD “Exposing a Hidden Reality: Part 1.”
Here’s the trailer for “An Omar Broadway Film.”
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