Picked by The New Yorker
The Box: Minds Lost in Solitary Confinement
Directed by James Burns, Shal Ngo · Starring Jack DiFalco, Daniel Danielson, Alana Barrett-Adkins, Osondu Thambo · 2021
Three formerly incarcerated people revisit the trauma of solitary confinement, in a documentary co-directed by a man who lived it.
A first-hand look at solitary confinement, made by someone who survived it.
A documentary—from the directors James Burns, who was previously incarcerated, and Shal Ngo—follows three former inmates as they revisit their traumatic time in solitary confinement.
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