Angola Prison
There’s a long winding road that ends at the gates of one of America’s oldest and most storied prisons. A slave plantation from the 1700s, and a prison since 1901, today it is home to 6,300 inmates.
I came here the first time in 1996 to make a film about a man on death row. I have returned consistently for nearly 20 years, compelled to tell the stories of these men, most of whom are serving sentences so long they will die here.
"Though every inmate in ''The Farm'' shares the dream of freedom, the film explores what it means to be beyond fighting impossible odds and seeking sustenance wherever it can be found."
- New York Times
Seventy-five inmates from Angola Prison and Louisiana Correctional Institution for Women, come together to perform the largest prison production of The Passion Play ever.
900 Women: Life in St. Gabriel's Womens Prison (2000)
The Wildest Show in the South:
The Angola Prison Rodeo
Shadows of Doubt:
State vs. 85188 Vincent Simmons
October brings rodeo season to Angola State Penitentiary. Six thousand plus gather at the prison to watch the inmate Cowboys risk their lives in some of the most dangerous and bizarre rodeo events in the nation.