ANGOLA DO YOU HEAR US? VOICES FROM A PLANTATION PRISON
Director(s): Cinque Northern
Producer(s): Catherine Gund; EPs: Liza Jessie Peterson, Norris Henderson, Susan Sawyers, Agnes Gund and Andre Gaines
2022 | 27 min | USA
Languages: English
The story of Liza Jessie Peterson’s shutdown performance of her play The Peculiar Patriot at Angola, America’s largest prison-plantation. The documentary examines what led to the shutdown, the material that confronted a system and the impact of her visit after it was erased by prison authorities.