
Film
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo
1999 · 30m · Documentary
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Overview
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo is a 1999 American short documentary film directed by Simeon Soffer. It focuses primarily on the inmates experiences in the rodeo. For a lot of those prisoners, the rodeo seems to be the only thing they have to look forward to. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Crew
- Simeon SofferDirector
- Jonathan StackProducer
- Ramzy TelleyDirector of Photography
- Mark MiksDirector of Photography
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1999
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
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