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202376 minPG-13documentary

Prison Blues

202376 minPG-13documentary

Six friends travel across the United States in a caravan, exploring prisons and institutions while reflecting on their lives and the influence of Johnny Cash.

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Dominikos Ignatiadis

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Six friends travel across the United States in a caravan, exploring prisons and institutions while reflecting on their lives and the influence of Johnny Cash.

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Dominikos Ignatiadisdirector

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A road documentary in the spirit of a western, in which six friends at odds, carrying their scars and virtues, and under the pretext of the director's obsession with Johnny Cash, travel around the country to the film Village Potemkin in prisons and institutions. Their route inside a caravan will be full of unexpected stops and encounters.

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