Year: 2010
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: Tony Burgess, Erin Faith Young
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Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 8 out of 10
One of the things that struck me watching Pontypool (review) director Bruce McDonald’s Music from the Big House, one of the four films he directed in 2010, is the raw power of the music. Watching a group of men in the prison yard composing a tune filled me with awe at their ability to create something so beautiful and powerful in the span of a few minutes which isn’t present in many full-length, top 40 albums.
Canadian blues/roots singer Rita Chiarelli started visiting Louisiana State Penitentiary, Aka Angola Prison, a maximum security penitentiary with a tough and sordid history, ten years ago. What first attracted her to the facility was its rich history of music but on her first and subsequent visits, she was impressed by the music...
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: Tony Burgess, Erin Faith Young
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 8 out of 10
One of the things that struck me watching Pontypool (review) director Bruce McDonald’s Music from the Big House, one of the four films he directed in 2010, is the raw power of the music. Watching a group of men in the prison yard composing a tune filled me with awe at their ability to create something so beautiful and powerful in the span of a few minutes which isn’t present in many full-length, top 40 albums.
Canadian blues/roots singer Rita Chiarelli started visiting Louisiana State Penitentiary, Aka Angola Prison, a maximum security penitentiary with a tough and sordid history, ten years ago. What first attracted her to the facility was its rich history of music but on her first and subsequent visits, she was impressed by the music...
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