16 Bars
One jail. One recording studio.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: February 7, 2020
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Lightyear Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Todd 'Speech' Thomas | |
Directed by | Sam Bathrick |
Entertainment Reviews:
80%
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Total Count: 5
Through an unwavering lens, 16 Bars investigates the ways humanity traps itself in a cage through cycles of crime. Sam Bathrick has created something special with his efforts in telling a story the world needed to hear.
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Battle Royale With Cheese
16 Bars is engaging for a myriad of reasons but its Speech sharing the oral histories along with the making of the album that sets this documentary apart.
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Los Angeles Sentinel
It only sometimes transcends its role as an awareness tool and reveals the texture and detail that long-term documentary filming can produce.
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New York Times
The sobering, candid, sadly profound documentary "16 Bars" may center on a 2017 music workshop for prisoners in a Richmond, Va., jail but emerges as an unsettling snapshot of recidivism and the flaws in America's criminal justice system.
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Los Angeles Times
There is so much talent that it's almost dizzying.
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FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Description by OLDIES.com:
A glimpse at the stories and songs locked away in our nation's prisons. A unique rehabilitation effort in a Virginia jail encourages inmates to write and record original music. Four men collaborate to produce an album with Grammy-winner Speech Thomas (Arrested Development). These artists must confront the traumas of their past, and music becomes the key to unlocking a new chapter in their lives.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 63,163
- UPC: 085365453722
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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