The Marshall Project

Documentary Film ‘Songs From the Hole’ Wins Incarcerated Jury Award at Sing Sing

A jury of five incarcerated men selected the film “Songs From the Hole,” directed by Contessa Gayles, as winner of the top award at the first-ever film festival to be held at Sing Sing prison in ...
Deadline.com

Prison-Set Documentary ‘Daughters’ To Close Inaugural San Quentin Film Festival, First Cinematic Festival Ever Held Behind Bars

EXCLUSIVE: Daughters, the award-winning Netflix documentary set behind the walls of a Washington DC prison, will serve as the closing night selection of a new film festival taking place at ...
Washington Post

Let the prison documentary ‘Daughters’ make you a puddle of tears

“Daughters” is not your standard prison documentary. An intimate and deeply moving look at the program Date With Dad, which since 2008 has united incarcerated fathers with their daughters for a ...