JW Marriott Austin
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From A Plantation Prison
Production Company: Aubin Pictures, MTV Documentary Films
Produced for: MTV Documentary Films
Executive Producer (Production Company): Liza Jessie Peterson - EP; Norris Henderson - EP; Susan Sawyers - EP; Agnes Gund - EP; Andre Gaines - EP
Executive Producer (network/platform): Sheila Nevins - EP
Country or Territory where first released: USA
Synopsis:
The story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson's shutdown 2020 performance of her acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot at Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, America’s largest prison-plantation. The documentary examines what led to the shutdown of the performance, the material that confronted a system, and how the impact of Peterson's visit rippled through Angola long after the record of her visit was erased by prison authorities.
