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Noirs en prison

Philippe Alfonsi
1971 France 20 minutes French, English

Why do Blacks sit in jail? Very often for futile reasons. As one of the inmates puts it: “Every black man is a potential political prisoner.” Prison in fact turns ordinary thieves into political activists. The film shows walls, cells, corridors, a workshop, a gym. A voice off reads letters sent to his mother by J. Jackson, who was shot by one of his prison’s guards.

Production :
ORTF
Editing :
Roger Ben Simon

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