Credited cast: | |||
Susan Sarandon | ... | Narrator | |
Patricia Arquette | ... | Herself | |
Danny Trejo | ... | Himself | |
Danny Glover | ... | Himself | |
Jesse Williams | ... | Himself | |
Cynthia Nixon | ... | Herself | |
Ice-T | ... | Himself | |
RZA | ... | Himself | |
Quincy Jones | ... | Himself | |
Busta Rhymes | ... | Himself | |
Tom Morello | ... | Himself | |
Deepak Chopra | ... | Himself | |
Russell Simmons | ... | Himself | |
Matthew Cook | ... | Himself (as Matthew Cooke) | |
Macklemore | ... | Himself |
Following the stories of Bruce Lisker and Reggie Cole who spent year after year in prison for murders they didn't commit - audiences get a harrowing look at how barbaric the US justice system is. The film ultimately asks how we can survive the prison model at all, and looks at better solutions for conflict resolution, harm reduction, crime and more. Hosted by filmmaker Matthew Cooke and guest hosting representatives from the massive range of Americans joining forces to change this broken system. Written by anonymous
I watched this movie expecting a gritty how-to for surviving in prison but the longer I watched the more it felt like an advertisement for a politician during reelection. Lots of percentages and statistics thrown at you with very little in regards to the sources of where they came from. It also felt very imbalanced in its portrayal of prison and prisoners, on one side talking about how terrible prisoners are but then talking the next about how they all shouldn't be there. They didn't seem to be very clear to what exactly they were trying to say. One woman in particular struck me as being in complete denial that murder is bad. I would have liked to see both sides of this issue not just the one that they seem to want to shove down your throat.