The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
2016 Canadian film
- March 2016 (2016-03) (True/False)
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The Prison in Twelve Landscapes is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Brett Story and released in 2016.[1] Consisting of twelve short vignettes, the film explores the social impact of the prison–industrial complex in the United States through various angles, including a former industrial town in Kentucky which is now dependent on a federal penitentiary for local employment, a community park which was constructed solely to prevent registered sex offenders from being able to move into the local halfway house, and a man who runs a business selling items to family members of prisoners for inclusion in care packages.[2]
The film premiered at the True/False Film Festival in March 2016,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in May.[1]
Reception
Critical reception
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes holds a 100% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.8/10.[4] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 86 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]
Awards
At Hot Docs, the film was awarded a $5,000 Special Jury Citation in the Best Canadian Feature Documentary category.[6] It was the winner of the Colin Low Award for best Canadian documentary at the 2016 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.[7]
At the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016, the film won the award for Best Canadian Documentary.[8]
The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, for Best Feature Length Documentary.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Review: ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscapes’". POV, April 29, 2016.
- ^ "Review: ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscapes’ Reveals the Invisible Tentacles of Mass Incarceration". The New York Times, November 3, 2016.
- ^ "‘The Prison in Twelve Landscapes’: True/False Review". The Hollywood Reporter, March 10, 2016.
- ^ "The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "The Prison in Twelve Landscapes Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs 2016: And the winners are...". Now, May 10, 2016.
- ^ Daniele Alcinii, "'Cameraperson,' 'Twelve Landscapes' take DOXA prizes". RealScreen, May 16, 2016.
- ^ Craig Takeuchi, "Local filmmaker Kevan Funk's Hello Destroyer leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards for Canadian films". The Georgia Straight, January 10, 2017.
- ^ Victoria Ahearn, "Xavier Dolan film and ’Orphan Black’ lead Canadian Screen Award nominations". London Free Press, January 17, 2017.
External links
- The Prison in Twelve Landscapes at IMDb
- Official website
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