Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House
Movie | |
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Original title | Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House |
Country of production |
United States Canada |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1991 |
length | 60 minutes |
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Director | Alan Raymond |
production | Alan Raymond Susan Raymond |
camera | Alan Raymond |
cut | Alan Raymond |
Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House is an American - Canadian documentary film from 1991. Alan Raymond directed, produced, filmed and edited the documentary about everyday life in an American maximum security prison. Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House was nominated for an Oscar in 1992 in the category “ Best Documentary ” .
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Alan Raymond filmed for five weeks in the maximum security prison in Lewisburg , Pennsylvania . He interviewed several inmates, focusing on inmates serving life sentences with no prospect of parole. Raymond also spoke to law enforcement officers working in Lewisburg on camera about everyday prison life.
Among other things, “Red” has a say in the film, who is in jail for three murders and not only explains his tattoos, but also speaks very openly about the murders he has committed. In addition, the bank robber "Hot Hands", who works as a dishwasher in the kitchen, talks to Raymond about sexuality in prison.
Web links
- Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House on docurama.com
- An Hour's Journey Into a Night Of the Soul article in the New York Times February 12, 1991.