Docs to Watch
The Alabama Solution
In 2019, filmmakers visited an Alabama prison to film a revival meeting. Off camera, incarcerated men whispered a message: terrible things are going on here and being kept secret. This sparked an immersive six-year investigation to discover the reality behind the walls of one of the nation’s deadliest prison systems. What followed is a shocking story of brutality, corruption, and a system in collapse. As the men fight for their own survival, they embark on a campaign of resistance, against all odds. An HBO Documentary Films release.
A Q&A with directors and producers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman immediately follows the screening.
DIRECTORS
Andrew Jarecki
Charlotte Kaufman
PRODUCERS
Andrew Jarecki
Charlotte Kaufman
Alelur “Alex” Duran
Page Marsella
Beth Shelburne
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Director and producer Andrew Jarecki’s work over the past 25 years has won Emmy Awards, Peabody Awards, and the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. His projects include the HBO series The Jinx, which led to Robert Durst’s arrest and conviction for murder, the feature film All Good Things, and the documentary Capturing the Friedmans. He has also produced Catfish and its related MTV series.
Charlotte Kaufman has worked with Andrew Jarecki for the past six years, including on The Jinx: Part Two. Her previous projects include Hidden Alibi, featured in the Netflix series The Innocence Files.