Storyville
Season 24 Episode 8 - College Behind Bars (1)
A two-part Storyville documentary that tells the inspiring story of a group of men and women in the USA struggling to earn college degrees while in prison for serious crimes. The Bard Prison Initiative is one of the most rigorous and effective prison education programmes in the United States. Shot over four years in maximum and medium security prisons in New York State, the films tackles a pressing issue - the failure to provide meaningful rehabilitation for over two million Americans living behind bars. Through the stories of the students and their families, we discover many dropped out of high school before being incarcerated and never imagined they would go to college. During four years of study, however, they become accomplished scholars, beat the Harvard debating team, reckon with their pasts and discover how truly transformative education can be.
Episodes in Season 24
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (1)
85 min
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (2)
85 min
The Gene Revolution: Changing Human Nature
85 min
Advocate: A Lawyer without Borders
85 min
Fishing for Love: How to Catch a Thai Bride
85 min
The Rise and Fall of a Porn Superstar
85 min
The Accused: Damned or Devoted?
85 min
College Behind Bars (1)
85 min
College Behind Bars (2)
85 min
Scandalous! The Tabloid that Changed America
85 min
Welcome to Chechnya: The Gay Purge
85 min
The Underdog and the Battle for Kenya
85 min
United Skates
85 min
The Two Escobars
85 min
The Mole: Infiltrating North Korea (1)
85 min
The Mole: Infiltrating North Korea (2)
85 min
Pepe the Frog: Feels Good Man
85 min
The Night Notre-Dame Burned
85 min
The Hijacker Who Vanished: The Mystery of DB Cooper
85 min
Locked In: Breaking the Silence
85 min
Red Penguins: Murder, Money and Ice Hockey
85 min
Price of Gold
85 min
