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Eastern State Living Behind The Walls
Tony Alosi 2007
Categories: Documentary
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Run time: 76 min. | USA
The first prison reform group in the world began meeting at the home of Benjamin Franklin in 1787. How far has prison reform progressed in 220 years? Why do we now use solitary confinement as a punishment, when it was determined to be a form of psychological torture? This feature-length documentary addresses these questions through the stories of some of the last people to live and work at Eastern State Penitentiary, the world's first prison designed to reform rather than punish criminals using solitary confinement as the cornerstone of its system of rehabilitation. The film explores the conflicting goals of punishment and reform, and how they continue to be at odds in our modern day prison system.
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director
Tony Alosi
 
producer
Tony Alosi
composer
Cody Westheimer
cinematographer
Pete Villani
editor
KC Wayland
music director
Cody Westheimer
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Rated 5.0/5 Stars
John in LA
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Eastern State is really several films. Part architectural history (beautifully photographed renderings of the decaying structure, overtaken by weeds like an ancient ruin); part policy analysis of penology, rehabilitation etc., and - most movingly - personal reminiscence by former inmates and staff. It was a grandiose piece of architecture with a very progressive, high minded mission. But, over the century or two of its existence, human nature prevailed to make it a brutal, grotesque and heart-breaking place. I have no doubt that a century in the future we will be speaking about "SuperMax" prisons in very much the same way. A complex, moving film on a complicated and emotionally draining topic
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