The Prison in Twelve Landscapes

The Prison in Twelve Landscapes is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Brett Story and released in 2016.[1] Consisting of twelve short vignettes, the film explores the social impact of the prison–industrial complex in the United States through various angles, including a former industrial town in Kentucky which is now dependent on a federal penitentiary for local employment, a community park which was constructed solely to prevent registered sex offenders from being able to move into the local halfway house, and a man who runs a business selling items to family members of prisoners for inclusion in care packages.[2]

The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
Directed byBrett Story
Produced byBrett Story
Written byBrett Story
Music byOlivier Alary
CinematographyMaya Bankovic
Edited byAvril Jacobson
Production
company
Oh Ratface Films
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the True/False Film Festival in March 2016,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in May.[1]

Reception

Critical reception

The Prison in Twelve Landscapes holds a 100% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.8/10.[4] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 86 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]

Awards

At Hot Docs, the film was awarded a $5,000 Special Jury Citation in the Best Canadian Feature Documentary category.[6]

At the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016, the film won the award for Best Canadian Documentary.[7]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, for Best Feature Length Documentary.[8]

References
  1. "Review: ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscapes’". POV, April 29, 2016.
  2. "Review: ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscapes’ Reveals the Invisible Tentacles of Mass Incarceration". The New York Times, November 3, 2016.
  3. "‘The Prison in Twelve Landscapes’: True/False Review". The Hollywood Reporter, March 10, 2016.
  4. "The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  5. "The Prison in Twelve Landscapes Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. "Hot Docs 2016: And the winners are...". Now, May 10, 2016.
  7. "Local filmmaker Kevan Funk's Hello Destroyer leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards for Canadian films". The Georgia Straight, January 10, 2017.
  8. "Xavier Dolan film and ’Orphan Black’ lead Canadian Screen Award nominations". London Free Press, January 17, 2017.


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