Survivors Guide to Prison

Released Feb 23, 2018

1 hr. 42 min.

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A harrowing look at a daily life behind the walls of a prison.

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Nathan G

Susan Sarandon is in this so therefore NO THANKS as she is one terrible actress.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/06/24

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Audience Member

Thank God for these AMAZING celebrities behind this and the inmates who shared their stories. Beautiful folks!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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It feels weird to rate a movement piece like this as 5-stars and ‘Awesome' for such a topic with grim statistics, so many victims of criminal injustice, and little action being taken for change. The contributors' stories are heart wrenching. The format of this piece is engaging and the content so moving.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Interesting documentary that explores the US prison system and the injustice created by it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/24/19

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jack d

This movie is not about survival in prison for the most part. It's about dysfunctional criminal justice system.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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The people giving poor reviews on this documentary....all I can say is they must be in law enforcement! Watch this because it is reality from a civilian point of view.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/19

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Matthew Cooke

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Susan Sarandon

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Jesse Williams

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Patricia Arquette

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Danny Glover

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Cynthia Nixon

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Brad Newsome

Sydney Morning Herald

A feature-length indictment of an American legal system in which justice comes a distant last behind the interests of politicians, prosecutors, private-prison operators and the big-name companies that profit from the forced labour of a million prisoners.

Jul 19, 2018

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Joe Leydon

Variety

Matthew Cooke's assaultive documentary hammers away at injustices in U.S. justice system.

Feb 23, 2018

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

A valuable primer for those estimated 13 million Americans who are arrested every year.

Feb 22, 2018

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Joanne Laurier

World Socialist Web Site

Survivors Guide to Prison sheds an informed and heartfelt light on an unspeakable social atrocity.

Aug 7, 2020

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Anton Bitel

Projected Figures

this new documentary promises to be a kind of self-help manual for the criminal classes, but in fact offers a synoptic analysis of everything that is malfunctioning in America's machinery of criminal justice

Feb 4, 2019

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Adam Patterson

Film Pulse

A film that, though it may be a bit too boisterous for its own good, is nonetheless one that everyone should see and talk about.

Rated: 6.5/10

Nov 29, 2018

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Synopsis

A harrowing look at a daily life behind the walls of a prison.

Director: Matthew Cooke
Screenwriter: Matthew Cooke
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Saturday Entertainment
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 23, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 23, 2018

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