The Farm: Angola, USA is a 1998 award-winning documentary set in the notorious and largest American maximum-security prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. Loosely based on articles published in Life Sentences, drawn from the prison magazine, The Angolite, the film was directed and produced by Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus. Wilbert Rideau, a life prisoner who had been editor of the magazine since 1975, also participated in direction and was credited on the film.
The film follows the lives of seven prison inmates, including Rideau, who tell their own stories of life, death, and survival in a world that few manage to leave. It was filmed during the early years of the long tenure of Warden Burl Cain (1995–2016), who is credited with reducing violence at the prison and establishing many programs to support rehabilitation of the men.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1] It won the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury prize, and both the New York and the Los Angeles Film Critics awards for Best Documentary of ‘98. After airing on A&E, it won an Emmy Award.
Years later, Stack followed up with the documentary The Farm: 10 Down (2009), exploring the lives of the survivors of this group 10 years later. One man had been executed and one had died during the making of the first film. Ten years later, three men had gained freedom; two of the first six remained in prison.
farm, angola, 1998, award, winning, documentary, notorious, largest, american, maximum, security, prison, louisiana, state, penitentiary, known, angola, loosely, based, articles, published, life, sentences, drawn, from, prison, magazine, angolite, film, direct. The Farm Angola USA is a 1998 award winning documentary set in the notorious and largest American maximum security prison Louisiana State Penitentiary known as Angola Loosely based on articles published in Life Sentences drawn from the prison magazine The Angolite the film was directed and produced by Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus Wilbert Rideau a life prisoner who had been editor of the magazine since 1975 also participated in direction and was credited on the film The Farm Angola USADirected byLiz GarbusWilbert RideauJonathan StackWritten byBob HarrisProduced byLiz GarbusJonathan StackNarrated byBernard AddisonCinematographySam HenriquesBob PerrinEdited byMona DavisMary ManhardtDistributed bySeventh Art ReleasingRelease date1998 1998 Running time88 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishThe film follows the lives of seven prison inmates including Rideau who tell their own stories of life death and survival in a world that few manage to leave It was filmed during the early years of the long tenure of Warden Burl Cain 1995 2016 who is credited with reducing violence at the prison and establishing many programs to support rehabilitation of the men The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 1 It won the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury prize and both the New York and the Los Angeles Film Critics awards for Best Documentary of 98 After airing on A amp E it won an Emmy Award Years later Stack followed up with the documentary The Farm 10 Down 2009 exploring the lives of the survivors of this group 10 years later One man had been executed and one had died during the making of the first film Ten years later three men had gained freedom two of the first six remained in prison Inmates profiled Inmate Year imprisoned Sentence Conviction StatusJohn A Brown Jr 1984 Death First degree murder and robbery Executed in 1997 2 George Crawford 1994 Life First degree murderWilbert Rideau 1961 Death commuted to life in 1972 First degree murder and kidnapping Released in 2005 after his conviction was reduced to manslaughter in his 4th trialVincent Simmons 1977 100 years Two counts of attempted aggravated rape Released in 2022 after his conviction was overturnedEugene Bishop Tanniehill 1956 Life Second degree murder and armed robbery 3 Released by Gov Kathleen Blanco in August 2007Logan Bones Theriot 1987 Life Murder of wife Died in prison of lung cancer in 1997 2 Ashanti Witherspoon 1972 75 years Armed robbery Paroled in 1999 4 Awards EditSundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize 1998 Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature Nominee 1999 Doubletake Documentary Film Festival Audience Award 1998 Emmy Awards 1999 Outstanding Achievement in Non Fiction Programming Cinematography Outstanding Achievement in Non Fiction Programming Picture Editing Outstanding Achievement in Non Fiction Programming Sound Editing Nominee Outstanding Non Fiction Special Nominee Santa Barbara International Film Festival Best Documentary 2000 Florida Film Festival Grand Jury Prize 1998 San Francisco Film Festival Golden Gate Award 1998 New York Film Critics Circle Best Non Fiction Film 1998 National Society of Film Critics Best Non Fiction Film 1999 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Documentary Film 1999 Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival Taos Land Grant Award Nominee 1998 Thurgood Marshall Award 1999 Satellite Awards Best Documentary Nominee 1998References Edit NY Times The Farm Angola USA Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times Baseline amp All Movie Guide 2009 Archived from the original on 2009 06 19 Retrieved 2008 11 22 a b Ann S Lewis Life and Nothing But Austin Chronicle 06 November 1998 accessed 22 May 2017 Ex inmate shares story hope Chicago Tribune Retrieved 2016 12 04 About Me Ashanti Witherspoon Retrieved 2016 12 04 External links Edit nbsp Film portal nbsp United States portal nbsp 1990s portalThe Farm Angola USA at Seventh Art Releasing The Farm Angola USA at IMDb nbsp This article about an American documentary film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This 1990s documentary film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Farm Angola USA amp oldid 1165163840, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
