Performing for inmates at Angola Prison

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Thom Powers
Documentary of the Week | Jan 20, 2023

"Angola Do You Hear Us?" follows Liza Jessie Peterson as she performs her one woman show, "The Peculiar Patriot" at Louisiana's Angola Prison. Filmmaker Cinque Northern captures how the event raises excitement for the inmates and tensions for the guards.

 

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