The Alabama Solution

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matthias S @Thescreenasvor 6d I’m always a sucker for true crime docs, so I went into this curious. The Alabama Solution is really well made and honestly a very, very important piece of film. It’s also awful to watch—but not in a bad filmmaking way. It’s awful because the reality it shows inside American jails is so brutal that at times you forget you’re watching a documentary and not some dystopian fiction. Sadly, I’m not even surprised these things happened. My biggest issue is the length. For this kind of documentary it drags and the pacing slips, which dulls the emotional punch a bit. See more Kyle M @RT77296778 Feb 21 What will it take to stomp inhumanity, and ignorance no less? One of the tainted country’s most inhumane states are cruelly living in the past per its statewide tribalism with governmental and procedural oppressors enacting injustice on those they deems unfit to their society. This provocative documentary is a powerful smoking gun that exposes the continuously unjustified practices inflicting on those who seeks rightful rehabilitation then earned freedom, further complexing the stereotypical label that advocates in re-evaluating the prison system. At this point, it’s asking where we are now on this issue, and why are we still here? Out of the year’s insightfully thought-provoking documentaries echoing the widening issues we’re facing, this screams more urgently and ties next to the other investigative "Cover-Up". Watch this and reflect what’s your stance is towards this. (A-) See more Gabriel I @Gabu_ Feb 20 A film that you absolutely must see to find out what is going on in our society. Thank you filmmakers! See more Jason G. @JGSeattleHawks_Dawgs Feb 19 Anyone that supports inhumane treatment and calls themselves a Christian are truly evil. Imagine how much worse it is in ICE prisons. God help the humans that aren’t treated as such. SOLIDARITY See more Jonathan K @aFIREintheattic Feb 14 I wish I could say this is unbelievable, but it is completely believable given the reprehensible system we have constructed. It is plain as day how racism and the conditions of slavery and oppression remain rampant, particularly within Alabama and its prison systems. One aspect that is especially harrowing is the realization that while we live in a federation with a centralized government, so much authority is left to the states. This allows the old guard in certain regions to maintain ugly systems because the federal government cannot really intervene (even if it wanted to -- a big "if"). This reality is most evident in the film's title and the phrase politicians and administrators repeat: that this is "an Alabama problem that requires an Alabama solution". It's just code for "you can't tell us what to do; you took away our slavery so we'll find another way to do it." Disgusting. While the film highlights the bravery and... [continued on letterboxd] See more Paula G. @Pabis Feb 13 Absolutely heartbreaking. It shakes your faith in humanity and justice, yet it’s essential viewing. See more Read all reviews

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