Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison

Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison

When Liza Jessie Peterson performs her one-woman play at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, she activates the men incarcerated in America’s largest prison-plantation.

Courtesy of MTV Documentary Films

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Cinque Norther. 

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Director: Cinque Northern
Executive Producer: Liza Jessie Peterson, Norris Henderson, Susan Sawyers, Agnes Gund, Andre Gaines
Producer: Catherine Gund; Associate Producer Christina D. Bartson
Cinematographer: Derek Mindler
Editor: Cinque Northern (editor), Sydney Friedman (assistant editor)
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Year: 2022
Publicist: Verdant Communications
US Distributor: MTV Documentary Films

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