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Follow Me Down : Portraits of Louisiana Prison Musicians
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The old work songs have disappeared from southern prisons, yet a rich musical culture endures. Picking up where folklorist Alan Lomax left off, this documentary visits three Louisiana prisons to ex...
The old work songs have disappeared from southern prisons, yet a rich musical culture endures. Picking up where folklorist Alan Lomax left off, this documentary visits three Louisiana prisons to explore the role of music in the lives of incarcerated men and women. Filmmaker and ethnomusicologist Ben Harbert captures compelling gospel, rap, and R&B performances in a variety of settings, while his interviews with inmate-musicians-some newcomers, some long-timers, some set for release-provide a glimpse into the psychological aspects of an individual's prison experience. Most of the people Harbert speaks with reveal vulnerability and regret, along with a keen appreciation for the restorative powers of music. "I've been incarcerated for almost fifteen years for armed robbery," says Consuela Thomas. "Forty-seven year sentence...Even if there is no radio, I can sing. That's what keeps me...
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- Creator
- Harbert, Benjamin J
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (96 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn860690967
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on June 14, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Leotha Brown (2:54) -- Pure Heart Messengers (4:06) -- John Taylor Walks (1:54) -- Angola Band Montage, Part 1 (2:01) -- Angola Band Montage, Part 2; John Taylor Refuses (4:25) -- Family Academic Choir (4:50) -- John Taylor Sings, Interview (3:38) -- John Taylor Sings, with Pure Heart Messengers (4:28) -- Christie Nelson (2:38) -- Orientation (3:11) -- LCIW Choir Auditions, Latasha Roy and Taece Defillo (4:45) -- LCIW Choir Auditions, Rockell Gregory (2:31) -- Consuela Thomas and Ivy Mathis (4:30) -- LCIW Choir Concert (5:06) -- LCIW Choir Concert, Interviews; Rockell Gregory (5:17) -- The Music Association, Clay Logan and Daniel Moore (3:45) -- The Music Association, Yves Bourgeois and Warren Scott (1:55) -- The Field, Morning Preparation (3:20) -- The Field, Singing and Rapping (4:56) -- Yard Show, Preparation (4:45) -- Yard Show, Alford Rose Performs (2:16) -- Yard Show, Tribe Performs (5:33) -- Yard Show, Interviews (3:02) -- Daniel Moore Exit Ceremony (5:49) -- Alford Rose (3:10) -- Credits: Follow Me Down: Portraits of Louisiana Prison Musicians (1:13)