Please join the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics for a special screening of MTV Documentary Films' Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison (formerly known as A Peculiar Silence) with producer Catherine Gund.
The film tells the story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson, whose acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot was shut down mid-performance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola Prison. Directed and edited by Cinque Northern, produced by filmmaker Catherine Gund, and featuring Peterson and Norris Henderson, the film examines how one woman’s play challenged the country’s largest plantation prison and left a profound impact on the incarcerated men long after the record of her visit was erased by the institution’s administration.
Following the screening, a Q&A session will take place with producer Catherine Gund.
Please note that seating is limited. Please reserve your spot here. You can learn more about this film here.