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Rikers

Year: 2016
Runtime: 70 min
Type: Movie
Genre: Documentary

Overview

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York Cityโ€™s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to the camera, revealing the violent arc of the Rikers experience โ€“ from the trauma of entry to extortion and control by inmates, to oppressive corrections officers, violence and solitary confinement.

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