"Making ample use of the evocative footage shot over six years on contraband phones by the incarcerated men who risked their lives to participate in this film, The Alabama Solution unspools in nail-biting real time, which gives the film a wrenching, can't-look-away immediacy. The approach gives the film a refreshing feeling - that these human beings whose rights have been systematically violated for years, often decades, are finally in charge of the narrative and of their own lives."
"Kaufman: Well, we really approached this first and foremost as an investigative project. It's a work of investigative journalism, the scope of which is much larger than just what you see in the film. We actually followed every single death that happened in Alabama's prisons across six years. All of our findings are up on our website, and we're slowly publishing additional articles about those findings."
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman entered Alabama prisons to film a revival meeting and instead uncovered horrific abuse, sweeping coverups and murders committed by law enforcement personnel. The film relies on evocative contraband-phone footage shot over six years by incarcerated men who risked their lives to participate, creating a nail-biting, immediate narrative that centers those men. The project functioned as investigative journalism: every death in Alabama prisons across six years was tracked and findings published online, with additional articles being released gradually. The documentary is currently available on HBO and emphasizes accountability by amplifying incarcerated individuals' voices.
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