At Night I Fly

Overview

In At Night I Fly: Images from New Folsom, inmates at one of California's most maximum security prisons let us see their world. This world is less about dangerous drama and more, as one of them describes, "about isolation. About closure of both the mind and the heart. And the spirit." The documentary shows prisoners, most serving a life sentence, who refuse such closure and instead work to uncover and express themselves. Their primary tool is making art and the film takes us to New Folsom's Arts in Corrections' room, to prison poetry readings, gospel choirs, blues guitar on the yard, and to many more scenes of creation.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 25, 2011

Original language

English

Director

Michel Wenzer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt2093951