It's a Hard Truth Ain't It (2018)
- Directed by
- Madeleine Sackler
- Genre
- documentary, animation
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 11 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
Thirteen incarcerated men in an Indiana prison learn filmmaking and create animated stories based on their own memories. The film shows their perspectives and experiences while incarcerated.
reflectiveintimateemotionally rawslow-pacedpersonalsoberinghopefulmeditative
What happens
It's A Hard Truth Ain't It is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Madeleine Sackler, Dennis Brown, Franklin Cox, Brandon Crider, Clifford Elswick, Joseph Henderson, Herb Robertson, Rushawn Tanksley, Marshaun Bugg, Al'jonon Coleman, James Collins, Quentis Hardiman, Charles Lawrence, and Mark Thacker. It is the first widely released film co-directed by people who are incarcerated. In the film, 13 men incarcerated in the Pendleton Correctional Facility in Indiana study filmmaking with Sackler to tell their own stories. Sackler's fiction film, O.G., was in part inspired by the work done for this documentary; many of the co-directors in It's A Hard Truth Ain't It also appear in O.G. It's A Hard Truth Ain't It was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary category. Animated portrayals of the men's memories were created by Yoni Goodman. The film and O.G. were both acquired by HBO after premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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