Director
Kelrick Martin
Writer
Kelrick Martin, Harry Bardwell
Producer
DOP
Torstein Dyrting
Year
2014
Location
Berrimah Prison, Darwin, Northern Territory ( Prison in now closed and houses the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre)
Type
Documentary
ASO Link
Synopsis
Prison Songs’ is a 50-minute TV documentary musical, the first of this genre to be made in Australia. The film explores the stories of eight prisoners living inside the walls of Berrimah Prison through music, song and dance. With a holding capacity of over 800, Berrimah’s the Northern Territory’s largest prison. Nearly 85% of inmates are Indigenous. The result is an in depth portrait of both the prison and its inmates, people normally out of sight and mind of contemporary Australia. (source: Screen Australia http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/prison-songs-2014/31864)
