When filmmakers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman visited an Alabama prison in 2019 to capture footage of a revival meeting, inmates began approaching them about the "terrible things" they said ...

Documentaries serve as a flashlight in a dark room – casting light on subjects, people, things, that you may not be privy to. And when a documentary is done with journalistic integrity, it can be as ...

The Alabama Solution (now streaming on HBO Max) is a documentary primed to make a difference. After a decade working on the film, directors Andrew Jarecki (whose filmography includes hard-hitting docs ...

A documentary chronicling Alabama’s notorious prison system has dropped on HBO. “The Alabama Solution” is a nearly two-hour look at the state’s maximum-security lockups, using footage from inside ...

"The Alabama Solution", which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and started streaming on HBO Max in October, ...

The race for the documentary feature Academy Award spotlights quality filmmaking, but also requires a whole lot of money and the support of international doc branch voters. This year’s crop of top ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new HBO documentary is bringing national attention to the problems behind Alabama’s prison walls, and it was topic of discussion in the state legislature’s joint prison ...

SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - “The Alabama Solution” shows problems in the Alabama prison system from the inside: whether it be allegations of overcrowding, rampant violence, the influx of illegal drugs, or ...

A Muskegon chef brought not only his skills and talent, but his outlook on life to a Michigan prison through his food tech training. He invited prisoners into the gourmet culinary world and a film ...