Stir (1980)

Directed by

Stephen Wallace

Genre

prison film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

18

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A prisoner arrives at a brutal facility and witnesses harsh treatment that fuels a riot. The story is based on real events and follows the inmates as they organize against the system.

tenserawclaustrophobicunsettlingbleakvisceralpainfulgritty

What happens

Stir is a 1980 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace in his feature directorial debut. The prison film was written by Bob Jewson, based upon his own experience, while incarcerated, of the 1974 prison riot at Bathurst Correctional Complex and the subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons. The film was shot in Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. It premiered at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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