Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison (dir. Cinque Northern, 2022)
“MTV Documentary Films Presents Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison (formerly known as A Peculiar Silence) tells the story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson, whose acclaimed play "The Peculiar Patriot" was shut down mid-performance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola Prison.
“Directed and edited by Cinque Northern, produced by Catherine Gund, featuring Liza Jessie Peterson and Norris Henderson (Peterson and Henderson are also Executive Producers), the film examines how one woman's play challenged the country's largest plantation prison and impacted the incarcerated men long after the record of her visit was erased by the institution's administration.”
Additional reading:
Filmmaker Magazine, September 3, 2022: “Directing When You Are an Editor Feels Like Cheating”: Cinque Northern on His Telluride Doc Short Angola Do You Hear Us?
The New York Times, September 18, 2017: Review: ‘The Peculiar Patriot’ Puts Iron Bars Between Best Friends
