I started my own outreach because in my mind it was too. Many of the questions refer to the themes of guilt and redemption in relation to the prisoners in t. Watch the movie trailer for shakespeare behind bars 2006. Shakespeare behind bars is a program that incorporates theater, specifically the works of william shakespeare, into prisons. For one year, the cast rehearse and perform a full production of shakespeares great last play, the tempest. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The independent and foreign film discussion group talkaboutfilms talks about the film. The complete works of william shakespeare by william. The experience of tofteland and his modsquad of actors rehearsing and performing shakespeares the tempest, was captured in the documentary shakespeare behind bars by philomath films. In hank rogersons revelatory trip into and around this prison production, we embark on a yearlong journey with the shakespeare behind bars theatre troupe.
The globe theatre delivers shakespeare behind bars kpbs. Filmmakers document a production of the tempest performed by inmates at a kentucky prison. Shakespeare behind bars the scene detroit metro times. In shakespeare behind bars, luther luckett seems like one of the last prisons in america openly dedicated to the principle of reform instead of old.
Shakespeare behind bars is a powerful story about the redemptive power of art and education. The incredible and true story of 20 inmates who are in an allmale prison shakespeare ensemble. Download the whole madea goes to jail film summary movie madea goes to jail. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension genre.
Shakespeare behind bars is director hank rogersons documentary of toftelands prison production of the tempest in its ninemonth gestation, from its first workshops through its performance. The program began in 1998 and has spread to several prisons. English shakespeare behind bars manchester university. Shakespeare behind bars discussion and viewing questions. Since then, tofteland, and some of the actors who have since been released, tour the country, bringing their film to the public through university showings and. Shakespeare behind bars is an organization offering theatrical encounters with personal and social issues to incarcerated and postincarcerated adults and juveniles. Three questions are provided to be done prior to reading, four while viewing and two post viewing.
Here are nine very in depth questions that are paired with the documentary shakespeare behind bars. Download the whole madea goes to jail film download. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. The 2000 shakespeare behind bars flashcards quizlet. The power of drama in a womens prison jean trounstine on. Twenty male inmates in a kentucky prison form an unlikely shakespearean acting troupe. Shakespeare behind bars claims a recidivism rate of 6% as opposed to the us average of 80%, and fabio cavalli reported that a study in italy showed 6%. Shakespeare behind bars is proud to be a member of the shakespeare theatre association sta. Shakespeare behind bars is a compelling film that follows an allmale shakespearean theater company composed of convicted felons. For more information visit sta was established to provide a forum for the artistic, managerial, educational leadership for theatres primarily involved with the production of the works of william shakespeare. Shakespeare behind bars is a film that follows an allmale shakespearean theater company composed of convicted felons. Husband and wife gabe and adelaide wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends.
Each year the inmates work on a single play, starting in the fall and rehearsing through the year before performing it the following spring. Rent shakespeare behind bars 2005 on dvd and bluray. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing shakespeare behind bars near you. Shakespeare inside goes behind the scenes to reveal shakespeare at work in the most decisive institutional context of our time in prisons. Tis shakespeare behind bars, an arresting account of inmate thesps preparing and performing a. Shakespeare behind bars isnt necessarily a perfect documentary, but it is a brilliant documentary. Join facebook to connect with curt tofteland and others you may know. Shakespeare behind bars what brave new doc is this, that has such conviction in it. Shakespeare behind bars 2005 this documentary looks at a program with that title that has prisoners tackle shakespeares plays. The film also reconfirms the enduring relevance and power of shakespeare and his adaptability to almost any milieu. While many of us looking at shakespeares plays today would balk at the thought of a man as young, fair juliet but that. Shakespeare behind bars is a moving testament to the power and universality. This featurelength documentary chronicles a group of rebellious artists in santa fe who become a successful diy collective named meow wolf. Professionally shot full hd production of modesto junior colleges performance of macbeth, for the viewing pleasure of all shakespeare lovers, mjc theater patrons.
English shakespeare behind bars shakespeare at pendleton began on oct. When i first began my tenderness tour in 1989, i was an angry, bitter and hopeless man whose childhood sexual abuse had eaten away at my soul and left my soul feeling tattered and torn. Shakespeare behind bars was a strangely uplifting documentary despite its content. The mission of shakespeare behind bars is to offer theatrical encounters with. Shakespeare behind bars is the world renowned documentary based upon the shakespeare behind bars theater troupe at the luther lucket correctional facility. William shakespeares macbeth full adaptation movie on vimeo. For one year, while incarcerated at kentuckys luther luckett prison, the cast rehearse and perform a full production of shakespeares great last play, the tempest. Martins press in 2001, the paperback includes a new foreword that will inspire all teachers who work with students others have deemed unteachable. Film notes shakespeare behind bars university at albany. In 2011, the founder of shakespeare behind bars, curt tofteland, visited qse on a fulbright fellowship and traded skills with the facilitators of the prison project as well as codirecting qses production of the merchant of venice.
Shakespeare behind bars is written and directed by hank rogerson and produced by jilann spitzmiller. Convicts at luther luckett correctional complex in lagrange, kentucky who have raped, murdered etc and surrounded by bad people in an obviously depressing environment find something they genuinely enjoy and can become important, popular and celebrated in acting. Shakespeare behind bars university of michigan press. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The shakespeare behind bars project, like much theatre. Shakespeare behind bars is an unexpectedly delightful documentary that follows the casting, rehearsal, and presentation of shakespeares play, the. Shakespeare download pdf the complete works of shakespeare. The organizations vision statement is that shakespeare behind bars was founded on the belief that all human. Shakespeare behind bars is an adult and juvenile arts program offering theatrical encounters with personal and social issues to the incarcerated, allowing them. Promotional video for shakespeare behind bars, inc. Shakespeare behind bars is a tremendously moving film, where the protagonists are not merely defined by their crimes but are afforded dignity and a fresh chance to look truth in the eye, and embrace it.
Public performances at luther luckett correctional complex in lagrange, ky. As such all the original performances of william shakespeares plays had all male casts. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. We watch them delve deeply into their backgrounds and psyches to shakespeare behind bars trailer on vimeo. It intends to encourage the development of life skills that will ensure their successful reintegration into society. Shakespeare behind bars posted by jeff meyers on wed, apr 5, 2006 at 12. It is also possible to buy shakespeare behind bars on amazon video as download or rent it on amazon video online. For one year, a cast comprised of convicted felons rehearses and performs a full production of shakespeares last play, the tempest, a play fittingly about. The journeymen is shakespeare behind bars new program, aimed at inmates between the ages of 18 and 21 in the kentucky department of corrections. Through their creative journey, these murderers, fugitives and thieves reveal kindness, generosity and faith. The organization has been doing just that since 1995. It is all here in pure text formatted as a single pdffile 3. Shakespeare behind bars 2006 stream and watch online. The two cofacilitators and a group of 1215 inmates meet weekly to read, discuss and act out shakespeares plays.
During the elizabethan era the theater had one major difference. Shakespeare behind bars the power of drama in a womens prison st. These citations may not conform precisely to your selected citation style. Rogerson and spitzmiller are a husband and wife team that has collaborated on projects. Based upon the authors experience of watching prison yard rehearsals and performances, and interviewing inmates, program directors, and wardens, shakespeare inside is not an objective, dispassionate account of how shakespeare is.
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