Ken Burns Presents: College Behind Bars: A Film by Lynn Novick and Produced by Sarah Botstein: Season 1

Ken Burns Presents: College Behind Bars: A Film by Lynn Novick and Produced by Sarah Botstein: Season 1

Series from 2019

Series from 2019

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Genres: Talkshow, Documentary, Special Interest

College Behind Bars is the inspiring, emotional, deeply human story of men and women struggling to earn college degrees while in prison for serious crimes.

In four years of study they become scholars, shatter stereotypes, reckon with their pasts, and prepare to return to society. A groundbreaking exploration of incarceration, injustice, race in America, and the transformative power of education.

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Part One: “Nobody ever taught me any of that”

Part Two: “I’m trying to get home to my family, too”

Part Three: “Every single word matters”

Part Four: “Home is a work in progress”

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