Tehachapi
Tehachapi
dir. JR
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USA, France
/
2024
/
92min.
venue
date
time
available
Atlantic, B
2024-05-10
16:00
Muranów, Gerard
2024-05-12
11:30
Luna, B
2024-05-15
16:15
Muranów, Ingrid + Pola
2024-05-18
18:15
Over three years, French artist JR developed large-scale artworks in a maximum-security prison in California in collaboration with those incarcerated at the institution and the prison staff.
Over three years, French artist JR developed large-scale artworks in a maximum-security prison in California in collaboration with those incarcerated at the institution and the prison staff. The project shows the power of art as a tool for hope and transformation in an inherently violent carceral system.
- duration:
- 92 min
- country / year of production:
- USA, France / 2024
- director:
- JR
- cinematography:
- Roberto De Angelis, John Hunter Nolan, Tasha Van Zand
- producer:
- Rosalie Varda, Marc Azoulay, Marco Berreb / SOCIAL ANIMALS, MK PRODUCTIONS, QUIET, Ciné-Tamaris
- selected festivals and awards:
- 2023 – IDFA Amsterdam, 2023 – Sao Pauo IFF, 2023 – Telluride IFF
