College Behind Bars

College Behind Bars
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Lynn Novick
Composer(s)	Jongnic Bontemps
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ken Burns
Producer(s)	Lynn Novick; Sarah Botstein; Mariah Doran; Salimah El-Amin; Stephen Sowers
Cinematography	Nadia Hallgren; Buddy Squires
Editor(s)	Tricia Reidy
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	November 25 –; November 26, 2019

College Behind Bars is a 2019 American television documentary series, directed by Lynn Novick, which originally aired on PBS. It focuses on the lives and academic careers of inmates in the Bard Prison Initiative.[1][2]

Synopsis

Inmates at Eastern Correctional Facility and Taconic Correctional Facility are studying for either BA or AA degrees from Bard College as part of a prison education program. The documentary highlights important feats and milestones in the inmates' college careers such as their thesis defenses, graduation, and victory over the Harvard debate team.[3]

Reception

The documentary received generally positive reviews. Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "it's so humane and emotional that it will probably have you brushing away tears as you're pondering bigger questions."[2] Hank Stuever of The Washington Post called the documentary "inspiring" and Ashlie D. Stevens of Salon wrote "[one] of the strongest elements ... is that it assesses all the complexities of education in the prison system."[4][5]

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References

"College Behind Bars". PBS. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
Fienberg, Daniel (25 November 2019). "'College Behind Bars': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
Smith, Jamil (2 November 2019). "Incarcerated People Can Do More than Beat Harvard in a Debate". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
Stuever, Hank (24 November 2019). "PBS's 'College Behind Bars' offers a lasting lesson: Learning is its own kind of freedom". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
Stevens, Ashlie (25 November 2019). ""College Behind Bars" is a nuanced look at education in the prison industrial complex". Salon. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

External links

Official PBS page

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[pbs-1] "College Behind Bars". PBS. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[thr-2] Fienberg, Daniel (25 November 2019). "'College Behind Bars': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[rs-3] Smith, Jamil (2 November 2019). "Incarcerated People Can Do More than Beat Harvard in a Debate". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[wapo-4] Stuever, Hank (24 November 2019). "PBS's 'College Behind Bars' offers a lasting lesson: Learning is its own kind of freedom". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[sal-5] Stevens, Ashlie (25 November 2019). ""College Behind Bars" is a nuanced look at education in the prison industrial complex". Salon. Retrieved 27 November 2019.