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The Work

  • 20172017
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  • 1h 29m
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7.8/10
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The Work (2017)
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Set inside a single room in Folsom Prison, three men from the outside participate in a four-day group-therapy retreat with a group of incarcerated men for a real look at the challenges of re... Read allSet inside a single room in Folsom Prison, three men from the outside participate in a four-day group-therapy retreat with a group of incarcerated men for a real look at the challenges of rehabilitation.Set inside a single room in Folsom Prison, three men from the outside participate in a four-day group-therapy retreat with a group of incarcerated men for a real look at the challenges of rehabilitation.
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    • Jairus McLeary
    • Gethin Aldous(co-director)
  • Stars
    • Andrew 'Dark Cloud' Molino
    • Alvin 'Bud' Wheeler
    • Brian Nazarof
    • Jairus McLeary
    • Gethin Aldous(co-director)
  • Stars
    • Andrew 'Dark Cloud' Molino
    • Alvin 'Bud' Wheeler
    • Brian Nazarof
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    • 13User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
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    Jairus McLeary, Eon McLeary, Miles McLeary, and James McLeary at an event for The Work (2017)
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    Andrew 'Dark Cloud' Molino
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    Alvin 'Bud' Wheeler
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    Brian Nazarof
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    Neseli 'Kiki' Tagoai
    • Self
    • (as Kiki)
    Robert Staedel
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    Aaron Ortega-Piddington
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    Richard 'Rick' Misener
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    Manuel Ruiz
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    • (as Manny)
    Bharataji Joplin
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    Dante Granville
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    Rob Allbee
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    Charles Tate Jr.
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    Donald 'Don' Morrison
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    Eldra 'Vegas' III Jackson
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    • (as Vegas)
    James McLeary
    • Self
    • (as James)
    Thaddeus Boudreaux
    • Self
    • (as Thaddeus)
    Chris Renton
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      • Jairus McLeary
      • Gethin Aldous(co-director)
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      Director Jairus McLeary was inspired to make the film after being one of the first civilian volunteers to help out at the sessions depicted in Folsom Prison. This was at the invitation of his father. He was initially dubious but his curiosity about what goes on within the walls of a maximum security prison persuaded him to take part.
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      Featured in Docventures: Mies ja tunteet (2018)

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    Emotional manipulation of the emotionally unstable
    What starts out as a promising premise ends up fizzing out into a story dictated by emotionally vulnerable people being manipulated to "experience" a phoney catharsis triggered by some hocus pocus tricks used by religious rehabilitation facilties, exorcists, mediums and mentalists alike. The affects might seem real and lasting for the subjects of the film, but as an objective viewer it seems like nothing more than an exploitation of the vulnerable.
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      • September 8, 2017 (United Kingdom)
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      • Folsom State Prison - 300 Prison Road, Represa, California, USA
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