Rikers

AN AMERICAN JAIL

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Documentary

Overview

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to the camera, revealing the violent arc of the Rikers experience – from the trauma of entry to extortion and control by inmates, to oppressive corrections officers, violence and solitary confinement.

Keywords

new york city
police brutality
survival
gang violence
jail
violence
inmate
extortion
prison brutality
prison rape
systemic corruption
jailed
mass incarceration
rikers island

Details

Status: Released
Release date: November 12, 2016
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Cast: Tariq Barnes,Marcell Neal,Candie Hailey-Means,Raymond Yu,Damian Stapleton,Five Mualimm-Ak,Kathy Morse,Robert Hinton,Bill Moyers,Ralph Nuñezand 3 more
Director: Marc Levin,Mark Benjamin
Writer: Marc Levin
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt5737528