Scene from the film A Debtors‘ Prison
Scene from the film A Debtors‘ Prison
Scene from the film A Debtors‘ Prison

A Debtors‘ Prison

Direction
Year 
2017
Country
  • United States
Duration
16min 
Audio Tracks 

Across the racially segregated landscape of St. Louis County, Missouri, thousands of people are routinely sent to jail because they cannot pay local court fines and fees. The vast majority of those fined are poor and are Black. In the hometown of police shooting victim Michael Brown and the surrounding municipalities, a practice with historical antecedents has become systematic: the operation of modern day debtors’ prisons. A Debtors' Prison follows two plaintiffs in an unfolding court case, Samantha Jenkins and Meredith Walker, as they describe the matrix of controls that subjected them to incarceration for being poor.

Details

  • Original title
    A Debtors‘ Prison
  • Direction
  • DOP
    Kyle Pyatt
  • Editing
    Todd Chandler
  • Sound
    Alexandra Watkins, Ian Reynolds
  • Duration
    16 min (16-30 min.)
  • Year
    2017
  • Country
    • United States
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Festivals
    • Camden International Film Festival
    • Meet the Press and AFI Fest

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