Over three years, French artist JR developed large-scale artworks in a maximum-security prison in California in collaboration with those incarcerated at the institution and the prison staff. The project shows the power of art as a tool for hope and transformation in an inherently violent carceral system.
Tehachapi
2023
16 years
92 min.
Documentary
France
France, art, documentary, photography, prision
Colorido
JR
Roberto De Angelis, John Hunter Nolan, Tasha Van Zandt
Maxime Pozzi-Garcia, Sylvie Landra
Rosalie Varda, Marc Azoulay, Marco Berrebi
Social Animals, MK Productions, Quiet, Ciné-Tamaris
Enfant Sauvage
MK2
47