Prison

  • Movie News

How Life & Life Filmed Inside San Quentin State Penitentiary

NC Heikin is a documentarian known for Kimjongilia and Sound of Redemption, The Frank Morgan Story. Her latest documentary, Life &…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

COVID-19 Cases Spike at Tiger King Joe Exotic’s Prison

Joe Exotic's prison has 36 coronavirus cases as of Tuesday, quadruple the number reported there Friday, according to federal prison…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Top Screenwriting Programs; Tiger King and Covid-19; Rushing The Last Dance

In today's Movie News Roundup: Great ways to get a screenwriting MFA; COVID-19 cases doubled over the weekend at Tiger…

4 years ago
  • How They Did It

How They Did It: Shooting a Flashlit Prison Horror Movie, Against the Night, on the Sony a7S

From conception, my feature Against the Night, about a group of friends who sneak into an abandoned prison, was always…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

The Conviction of a Misguided Visionary: These Three Prison Inmates Are Looking To Moviemaking As Their Salvation

There’s a lot of tough talk about braving the “art life,” and with good reason. Trying times—from being exploited in…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

On the Inside: To Make His Feature Shot Caller, Ric Roman Waugh Learned How to Shoot in a Real-Life Prison

Shot Caller was the most physically demanding film I ever shot: an authentic look at our prison gangs and the…

7 years ago