John Brown's Body at San Quentin Prison

Name: John Brown's Body at San Quentin Prison
Director: Joseph De Francesco
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Released: 2013-10-06

2013 · 73 min · Documentary, Drama, History

Members of a racially mixed cast of self-confessed murderers is transformed by acting in a play about slavery and freedom that took three years to mount.

Directed by Joseph De Francesco · Written by Joseph De Francesco

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