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The Alabama Solution

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Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America's deadliest prison systems.

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Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com “The Alabama Solution” will likely play to people who already know about the corruption, brutality, and slave labor that feed our prison system, but it’s still important to see the horrors that unfold in this country that so many consider free. Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Variety One of the most powerful exposés of the inhumanity of the American prison system I’ve ever seen. Directed by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, the movie is a scalding portrait of life on the inside that exerts a grip worthy of a thriller. Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter The Alabama Solution is difficult to watch, and impossible to watch without escalating anger. There isn’t easy catharsis or an easy non-Alabama solution, but it’s impossible to deny that something better must be done. Jan 30, 2025 Full Review Fred Topel United Press International If incarcerated inmates can make progress in activism from inside prison walls, it suggests even greater things are possible when people with more resources join forces. The documentary illuminating the issue is a major step. Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Abe Friedtanzer Cinema Daily US The Alabama Solution is a vital, urgent, and disturbing look at a situation that is worse than terrible and demands immediate action. Rated: B+ Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Marshall Shaffer The Playlist “The Alabama Solution” leverages the voice of the disempowered to tell their own story, a bottom-up approach that renders it all the more immediate and impactful. Rated: A- Jan 30, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America's deadliest prison systems.
Director
Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman
Producer
Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman
Screenwriter
Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman, Page Marsella
Production Co
HBO Documentary Films, Hit The Ground Running Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 57m