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Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems.

The Mangaung Prison opened in 2001 as South Africa’s first privately run penitentiary. Its operator, the multi-billion-dollar British security firm G4S, promised the most humane treatment and the best facilities for its nearly 3,000 prisoners—and naturally at the lowest cost. Testimonials from whistleblowers and former prisoners, and the findings of investigative journalist Ruth Hopkins expose the reality of prison privatization. Guards are underpaid, overworked and fear every day for their lives. Prisoners are a source of income, so rehabilitation isn’t a priority. Prison for Profit shows how this profit maximization system works, and what happens when governmental tasks like detention are outsourced to powerful international corporations. And what are the negative consequences for society at large?

Young Kids Hard Time explores the story of young children sentenced to adult prison for decades, through the eyes of 12-year old Paul Gingerich and 15-year old Colt Lundy, both serving 30 years in adult prison for killing Colt's stepdad.

The creative process of the first crochet fashion collection fully developed by male prisoners in Brazil and presented at the country's main fashion event, The São Paulo Fashion Week.

Turn off the alarms and throw away the keys as these two comics set the inmates of Arizona State Prison rolling with laughter.

A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a young Muslim man in Detroit, Michigan: to get by, he delivered food for his family's pizzeria. Depressed and lonely, Khalil found solace in smoking weed and looking at extremist material online. Then two young women started messaging him, and he fell in love. But one of them suggested he start doing increasingly violent things. Nothing was as it seemed. And Khalil's life would never be the same. A documentary by Garret Harkawik for the Gravel Institute.

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A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor's post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.

About an alcohol-damaged young man, his life in and out of prison, his friend the art teacher and his difficulties reintegrating into society.

Dubbed 'the black Beatles' by the British tabloids, the 'other' four lads from Liverpool recount their incredible story from the tough streets of Toxteth to the bright lights of New York – a journey of international stardom as Britain's pioneering million-selling soul and funk band.

The seasoned captain of a fishing boat along with his crew of thirty men resist their ninth month on board in the icy waters of the Argentinian South Atlantic Ocean. This will be the very last adventure for the captain, that in which he confronts his forty-year-long past at sea with his coming future: finally, life on the mainland with his family in Galicia (Spain). But, for this last voyage, his daughter, the Director, will also embark to try and find the Captain, who has always been an absent father. An intense adventure drama full of silences covering truths and gazes in search of answers.

Neighborhoods in common-man are a silent heritage in Galicia, a heritage that for hundreds of years has shaped human relations with nature. In every way, several communities approach personal histories that mobilize and create projects outside the norm, with a social, political, economic, environmental and cultural impact without comparison in Galicia. Men and women dedicated, with full involvement, to the struggle for the self-management of the mountain, balancing the balance, always weak, of tradition and modernity, but with a common fund of values ​​that unites them and fills them with courage to stay firm. and undisturbed next to their mountains.

In the early 1990s, a bizarre hoax mesmerised the U.S. media landscape and even called Oprah Winfrey to the scene. The occasion: the autobiography of a minor, called “Tony”, who suffers from Aids and syphilis after years of abuse. But despite his numerous celebrity supporters, Tony never appears in public. His adoptive mother, Vicki Johnson, does instead. Now an old friend from Great Britain speaks up at last …

Through interviews and real-life examples, Hari Sreenivasan and Dr. Haass explore how Americans are working towards strengthening democracy and renewing the spirit of a more informed and engaged citizenry.

A feature-length documentary celebrating the life and work of Trinity Bay artist and storyteller Clifford George.

A propaganda documentary to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong.

Then, now, where? how?

Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto was a national star who led the Japanese martial arts world in the 2000s and was called the “Son of God.” "Yamamoto KID's Love and Dream ~IT WAS ALL A DREAM~", will explore his life and life based on interviews from the time and testimonies of those involved. Follow the legendary matches. In addition, some unreleased footage from over a decade is also included. Among them, his last interview before his death, filmed in 2018, contains the last precious glimpses of KID Yamamoto talking about his family and love for martial arts even while battling illness. The dreams drawn by martial artist KID, the truth that can only be spoken about now, and the intense way of life of a man who influenced many people and is still loved by many, are told by his ally Yosuke Kubozuka.