Music from the Big House

Overview

Rita Chiarelli, an award-winning recording artist, has decided to take a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the blues—Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary a.k.a Angola Prison. She never imagined that her love of the blues would lead her to play with inmates serving life sentences for murder, rape and armed robbery. In what was once the bloodiest prison in America, inmates relatives will be invited to listen alongside other prisoners, to hear remarkable voices singing stories of hope and redemption. Let yourself be swept away by one of Blues’ most soulful pilgrim daughters who is finding out if music really is an escape.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 30, 2010

Original language

English

Cast

Rita Chiarelli

Director

Bruce McDonald

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1742081