There Will Be No Stay (2015)

Directed by

Patty Ann Dillon

Genre

documentary film, drama film, biographical film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 11m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary explores the death penalty by focusing on the people who carry out executions. It shows how their work affects their personal lives and their search for inner peace.

soberingintrospectivethoughtfulsolemnquietcompassionatehaunting

What happens

There Will Be No Stay is 2015 documentary by Patty Ann Dillon that discusses the death penalty from the point of view of the executioners. It premiered at the 2015 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. It is described as "A journey of compassion and consequence through a process shrouded in secrecy,” where executioners' lives "intersect on a path to discovering freedom from their own personal prisons." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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