Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House (1991)
- Directed by
- Alan Raymond
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary takes viewers inside a federal penitentiary to see the daily lives of inmates and staff. It shows the routines, tensions, and harsh realities of prison existence without narration or commentary.
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What happens
Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House is a 1991 documentary film about the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, directed by Alan Raymond. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was shown as part of HBO's America Undercover. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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