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Shakespeare Behind Bars

  • 20052005
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 33m
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7.6/10
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Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005)
  • Documentary
Twenty male inmates in a Kentucky prison form an unlikely Shakespearean acting troupe.Twenty male inmates in a Kentucky prison form an unlikely Shakespearean acting troupe.Twenty male inmates in a Kentucky prison form an unlikely Shakespearean acting troupe.
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  • Director
    • Hank Rogerson
  • Writers
    • Hank Rogerson
    • Jilann Spitzmiller
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  • Director
    • Hank Rogerson
  • Writers
    • Hank Rogerson
    • Jilann Spitzmiller
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    • 9User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 1 nomination

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    Hank Rogerson at an event for Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005)
    Hank Rogerson at an event for Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005)
    Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller at an event for Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005)
    Jilann Spitzmiller at an event for Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005)
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    Twenty male inmates in a Kentucky prison form an unlikely Shakespearean acting troupe.
    • kentucky
    • prison
    • inmate
    • prison art
    • black american
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      • Documentary
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      • Not Rated
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      References In Living Color (1990)

    User reviews9

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    6/10
    Moving Film
    I saw this film in 2005 at the River's Edge Film Festival in Paducah, Kentucky. I was moved by its depth and the incredible candor of the subjects. It was at once about the Shakespeare program and about the actors, each a convicted felon. Most of the senior members of the troupe were hard-timers who had been performing in the program for years. The American public has a tendency to think of the prison population as numbers or tax liabilities or monsters. This film revealed that regardless of their past, prisoners are actually living, breathing human beings that still have real emotions and real ideas. This is not a film about prisons. This is a film about people.
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    • Oct 5, 2005

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    • Release date
      • January 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Shakespeare Atrás das Grades
    • Filming locations
      • Kentucky, USA
    • Production company
      • Philomath Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $48,594
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,253
      • Mar 12, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $48,594
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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