With leaked footage from the inside, Sundance doc shows horrifying conditions in Alabama prisons

Bullock Prison, Alabama: "Somewhere They Shouldn't be Able to House Humans"

(I) The weekend after Christmas, one of my sources was stabbed in Bullock Prison. He and several witnesses to the stabbing described the incident to me in

‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Andrew Jarecki’s Powerful Exposé of a Prison System Where Sanctified Lawlessness Is the Law

“The Alabama Solution” is one of the most powerful exposés of the inhumanity of the American prison system I’ve ever seen. Directed by Andrew Jarecki (“Capturing the Friedmans,” “The Jinx”) and Charlotte Kaufman, the movie is a scalding portrait of life on the inside that exerts a grip worthy of a thriller. It’s an investigative documentary, filmed over five years, much of it in and around the Easterling Correctional Facility in Southeast Alabam…

Andrew Jarecki Is Back with Jaw-Dropping Prison Exposé ‘The Alabama Solution’ Out of Sundance

Charlotte Kaufman co-directs the harrowing Alabama prison doc headed for HBO and an Oscar campaign. "You say democracy dies in darkness. People die in darkness," Jarecki tells IndieWire.

‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: ‘Jinx’ Filmmakers' New Doc Is the Bloody Sunday of Inmate Rights and Prison Reform

“Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in America’s deadliest prison system,” reads the logline for the HBO-backed documentary “The Alabama Solution.” But that does not begin to describe this powerful and extremely necessary call-to-action. Over the last decade, incarcerated men in Alabama prisons have been fighting to bring recognition to corruption and inhumane treatment. Thousands of men have died in prison, many at the hands of…

With leaked footage from the inside, Sundance doc shows horrifying conditions in Alabama prisons

Incarcerated men in the Alabama prison system risked their safety to feed shocking footage of their horrifying living conditions to a pair of documentary filmmakers. The result is “The Alabama

‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Powerful New Doc From ‘The Jinx’ Duo Investigates Injustices in Alabama Prisons

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman chronicle financial mismanagement, abuses of power and general inhumanities in a system allegedly designed for rehabilitation.