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Convicted felons at Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex rehearse for the Shakespearean production, The Tempest, as part of the Shakespeare Behind Bars Program. The play's underlying theme of forgiveness parallels themes of transformation and redemption in the lives of the prison...

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Uniform Title:Shakespeare behind bars (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Philomath Films, Independent Television Service, British Broadcasting Corporation, Shout! Factory (Firm)
Other Authors: Rogerson, Hank, Spitzmiller, Jilann, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory, [2006]
Edition:Widescreen format.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Tempest > Dramatic production.
Prison theater > Kentucky > Case studies.
Male prisoners > Kentucky > Case studies.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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Summary:Convicted felons at Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex rehearse for the Shakespearean production, The Tempest, as part of the Shakespeare Behind Bars Program. The play's underlying theme of forgiveness parallels themes of transformation and redemption in the lives of the prisoners.
Item Description:Originally produced as a feature film in 2005.
Special features: optional audio commentary by prisoners Jerry Guenther, Floyd Vaughn, and Curt Tofteland; optional audio commentary by prisoners Hal Cobb, Leonard Ford and Curt Tofteland; optional audio commentary by filmmakers Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller; deleted scenes (8 min.); "performance selects" bonus performance footage (12 min.); "Troupe update".
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Audience:Not rated; contains adult language and subject matter.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Shana Hagan ; editor, Victor Livingston ; composer, James Wesley Stemple.
ISBN:0738934755
9780738934754