1980CRIME
LIFE IN PRISON - THE NEW MEXICO PENITENTIARY, 1980
CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH INMATES. Reminiscent of the carnage at New York State's Attica prison a decade earlier.
CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH INMATES. Reminiscent of the carnage at New York State's Attica prison a decade earlier.
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OPENING SLATES. DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT DIFFICULT LIFE IN PRISON RESULTING IN A BRUTAL, BLOODY UPRISING AT THE PENITENTIARY OF NEW MEXICO IN 1980. 36 HOUR ORDEAL, 33 INMATES KILLED, 14 GUARDS TAKEN HOSTAGE, RAPE, MURDER AND TORTURE. Reminiscent of the carnage at New York State's Attica prison a decade earlier.
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| 01:00:04 92.17 |
PRISONER BOXING, HITTING PUNCHING BAG IN PRISON YARD
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| 01:00:16 103.29 |
PRISONERS WORKING OUT IN PRISON YARD. WORKING OUT ON THE HEAVY BAG, LIFTING WEIGHTS, PUMPING IRON.
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| 01:00:49 136.99 |
PRISONER WITH TATTOOED BACK LIFTING BARBELL
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| 01:01:01 148.56 |
PRISON GUARD TOWER, SOMEONE CAN BE SEEN INSIDE
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| 01:01:07 154.36 |
HANDCUFFED PRISONER WALKING THROUGH PRISON YARD WITH GUARD
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| 01:01:28 175.85 |
GUARDS CHECKING IN PRISONERS, REMOVING HANDCUFF AND CLOTHES, FINGERPRINTING
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| 01:01:58 206.07 |
TAKING MUGSHOT OF MALE PRISONER
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| 01:02:53 260.92 |
PRISON WARDEN, LEVI (?) TALKS TO INCOMING NEW INMATES AT THE NEW MEXICO PENITENTIARY. MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE KIND TO EACH OTHER, HELP EACH OTHER. PRISONERS LISTENING INTENTLY.
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| 01:04:15 342.29 |
CU PRISONER PEERING OUT FROM BEHIND BARS IN CELL.
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| 01:04:55 382.46 |
INMATES TALK CANDIDLY ABOUT HOW TO SURVIVE IN PRISON, LEST THEY BE ABUSED PHYSICALLY AND SEXUALLY; THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTION WITHIN THE COMMON LAW OF THE INSTITUTION; WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO LOSE YOUR FREEDOM.
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| 01:06:04 451.9 |
PRISON CELL BLOCK. PRISONER BEING ESCORTED TO CELL. THE SOUNDS OF LOCKS.
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| 01:07:08 515.31 |
PAN COMMON SLEEPING AREA OF PENITENTIARY. PRISON GUARD COUNTING PRISONERS.
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| 01:07:50 557.6 |
PRISON OFFICIAL LECTURES PRISONERS ABOUT PRISON LIFE AND PROTOCOLS, SUCH AS CONTRABAND, FIGHTING, CLIQUES. PRISONERS LISTENING INTENTLY.
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| 01:09:14 641.75 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN PRISON GUARD TALKS ABOUT THE TOUGH LIFE IN PRISON, THE ISOLATION, BEING WITH TOTAL STRANGERS.
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| 01:10:04 691.8 |
PRISONER TALKS CANDIDLY ABOUT HAVING GUNS AND SHOOTING PEOPLE.
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| 01:10:18 705.47 |
INMATE LEANING CASUALLY ON PRISON BARS LOOKING BORED
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| 01:10:54 742.16 |
INMATE TALKS WITH UNSEEN INTERVIEWER ABOUT PRISON REALITY, FOR EXAMPLE WITNESSING A PRISONER BEING BEAT UP MERCILESSLY BY SEVERAL OTHER PRISONERS, BLOOD EVERYWHERE, BLOODY FOOTPRINTS.
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| 01:12:07 814.52 |
PRISON PSYCHOLOGIST, DR. MARK ORNER, TALKS TO UNSEEN INTERVIEWER ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN A MENTAL HOSPITAL AND PRISON, INCARCERATION, AS SOME CLIPS OF LIFE IN PRISON ARE SHOWN.
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| 01:12:50 858 |
CROWDED PRISON LAUNDRY OR SHOWER ROOM. PRISONERS IN THEIR UNDERWEAR HOLDING LAUNDRY BAGS WALKING IN LINE, GETTING BAGS CHECKED BY GUARDS
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| 01:14:03 930.51 |
PRISONER (TATTOO ARTIST) TALKING TO UNSEEN INTERVIEWER ABOUT DOING FIVE YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY. WISHES HE DIDN'T HAVE TATTOOS BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS HIS PAST.
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| 01:15:41 1028.79 |
PRISON CONTROL CENTER. SPANISH AMERICAN PRISON GUARD MANS THE CONTROL ROOM DESK. INTERCOM BUZZING. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN. TALKS ON MIC OVER INTERCOM THROUGHOUT PRISON.
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| 01:16:08 1056.22 |
CUT TO NEXT SEGMENT. SLATE READS: DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE
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| 01:17:02 1109.76 |
CU HANDS IN HANDCUFFS
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| 01:17:15 1122.25 |
INMATE SITTING IN FRONT OF DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE AS THEY READ CHARGES, DETAIL BY DETAIL.
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| 01:17:41 1148.91 |
SPANISH INMATE TALKS ABOUT CHARGES, , GIVES HIS SIDE OF THE STORY AND HIS TRUTH, AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS LISTEN ON. COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSS HIS CASE AND MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION
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| 01:19:27 1255.23 |
CUT TO NEXT SEGMENT: PRISON INDUSTRIES
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| 01:19:49 1276.91 |
PRISONERS WORKING ON SEWING MACHINE
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| 01:20:02 1289.54 |
CU SEWING MACHINE NEEDLE CUTTING THROUGH FABRIC.
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| 01:20:12 1299.65 |
INMATE TALKING TO UNSEEN INTERVIEWER FROM BEHIND BARS ABOUT REHABILITATION VERSUS CORRECTION AND PUNISHMENT.
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| 01:20:56 1344.15 |
SLOW PAN WALL OF NUMBERED MUGSHOTS.
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| 01:21:51 1398.4 |
ROOM FULL OF INMATES SITTING TOGETHER TALKING CANDIDLY TO UNSEEN INTERVIEWER ABOUT BEING INSTITUTIONALIZED, REHABILITATION, DAILY ABUSES, RESPECT, PRESSURES, INCONSISTENCIES, MENTAL HARRASSMENT, AND DISRESPECT.
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| 01:25:32 1619.69 |
SCENE IN A CELL BLOCK. PRISONERS COMING AND GOING THROUGH THE BLOCK AND VOICE CAN BE HEARD NAMING AND COUNTING THE INMATES.
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| 01:25:49 1637.18 |
MESS HALL SCENE. FOOD IN TRAYS BEING DISHED OUT.
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| 01:26:17 1664.29 |
PRISONERS SEEN EATING IN DINING HALL AT LONG TABLES. FOOD BEING DISHED OUT. EMPTY TRAYS STACKED UP AS THEY EXIT CAFETERIA.
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| 01:27:07 1714.74 |
CUT TO NEXT SEGMENT: CELL BLOCK 4: PROTECTION UNIT
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| 01:27:11 1718.66 |
LONG SHOT, CELL BLOCK - HANDS HANGING OUT OF CELLS EACH HOLDING A MIRROR.
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| 01:27:16 1723.51 |
CU PRISONER HOLDING MIRROR. HE CAN SEE FACE OF FELLOW PRISONER FROM CELL NEXT DOOR BY REFLECTION IN MIRROR.
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| 01:27:40 1748.17 |
SMALL MIRRORS SET UP ON A TOWEL ON THE FLOOR - HANDS OF PRISONER INSIDE CELL, METHOD OF PLAYING CARDS, CUTTING THE DECK.
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| 01:27:59 1766.92 |
SHOT OF PRISONER TALKING TO UNSEEN INTERVIEWER FROM BEHIND THE BARS IN HIS CELL. HE TALKS ABOUT THE ISOLATION AND BEING CONSTRICTED IN ONE SMALL SPACE.
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| 01:28:27 1794.61 |
ANOTHER PRISONER TALKS FROM INSIDE HIS CELL ABOUT BEING IDOL, THE BOREDOM OF BEING IMPRISONED
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| 01:28:41 1809.17 |
CLOSE UP HEAVILY TATTOOED PRISONER'S STOMACH STANDING BEHIND BARS
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| 01:28:54 1821.96 |
PRISONERS BEHIND BARS, PLAYING CHESS WITH FELLOW PRISONER USING HOME MADE CHESS PIECES AND BOARD.
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| 01:29:08 1835.62 |
CU ON CHESS BOARD IN CELL PIECES MADE FROM TOILET PAPER DYED WITH COFFEE.
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| 01:29:25 1852.85 |
VARIOUS PRISONERS TALK TO UNSEEN INTERVIEWER FROM BEHIND BARS: YOUNG HOMOSEXUAL PRISONER TALKS ABOUT ISSUES ENCOUNTERED IN JAIL, THE DISCRIMINATION BY THE PAROLE BOARD. OTHERS DISCUSS HOW PEOPLE AND THE INSTITUTION DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM, PRISONER SHOWS OFF ARTWORK. GUARDS TAKE A COUNT. PRISONERS TALK ABOUT THEIR CRIMES.
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| 01:32:19 2026.45 |
TATTOOED ARM HANGING OUT OF CELL
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| 01:32:31 2038.78 |
PRISON GUARDS WALKING DOWN THE NARROW CELL BLOCK.
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| 01:33:07 2074.68 |
SPANISH PRISONER TALKS FROM HIS CELL ABOUT DOING TIME, AND JUDGMENT DAY IN FRONT OF GOD, BEING CAGED UP.
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| 01:33:50 2117.78 |
BLANK
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| 01:33:59 2126.72 |
PRISONERS OUTDOORS ARE PATTED DOWN BY PRISON GUARDS AS THEY RE-ENTER PRISON. GUARD TAKES PHOTOS FROM WALL AS PRISONERS RE-ENTER.
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| 01:34:33 2161.25 |
WS PRISON GROUNDS, LOOKS LIKE LINE OF PRISONERS HEADING BACK TOWARD THE BUILDINGS (PENETENTIARY).
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| 01:34:37 2164.5 |
GUARD CLOSES OUTDOOR CHAIN LINK FENCE.
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| 01:35:01 2188.65 |
PRISONERS TALKS ABOUT THE DEEP DEPTHS OF LONELINESS IN JAIL, THEIR CRIMES, THE GAS CHAMBER.
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| 01:35:43 2230.89 |
ROLE CALL. GUARD CALLS OUT NAMES. PRISONERS IN CELLS LOOKING OUT.
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| 01:36:22 2270.02 |
DAY IN THE LIFE - PRISONERS WATCHING FOOTBALL ON TV, AFRICAN AMERICAN PRISONER GETTING HAIR COMBED BY FELLOW INMATE.
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| 01:36:46 2293.74 |
EXTERIOR PRISON YARD - WATCHTOWER SURROUNDED BY BARBED WIRE FENCING.
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| 01:36:57 2304.4 |
GUARD HIGH UP IN WATCH TOWER LISTENING TO UNSEEN INTERVIEWER WHOSE VOICE IS COMING OUT OF OVERHEAD SPEAKERS.
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| 01:37:40 2347.98 |
TATTOOED PRISONER TALKS REGRETTABLY ABOUT FEELING GUILTY ABOUT TAKING SOMEONE'S LIFE WHO HE NEVER KNEW
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| 01:38:02 2369.85 |
WIDE SHOT FROM BEHIND BARS OVERLOOKING CELL BLOCK
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| 01:38:30 2397.36 |
ANOTHER PRISONER TALKS CANDIDLY TO UNSEEN INTERVIEWER ABOUT THE SCENERY HE MISSES, THE MOUNTAINS HE CLIMBED AS A CHILD, THE COLORS OF THE SUN AND FREEDOM HE SORELY MISSES.
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| 01:39:02 2429.49 |
GUARD IS SEEN WALKING THE UPPER LEVEL OF CELL BLOCK QUICKLY CHECKING EACH ONE.
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| 01:39:10 2438.01 |
NEXT SEGMENT: VISITING ROOM
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| 01:39:28 2455.39 |
INFANT BABY GIRL CRAWLING ON TABLE TOP LOOKS UP, SMILES AT CAMERA
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| 01:40:12 2499.89 |
CONJUGAL VISITS - PRISONERS MEET WITH FAMILY MEMBERS - SCHEDULED VISITS. FAMILY MEMBERS, WIVES AND RELATIVES VISIT WITH PRISONERS.
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| 01:42:13 2620.68 |
PRISONERS JOGGING AROUND THE PRISON YARD AS SPANISH MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND. SHOTS OF TATTOOS ARMS, BACKS, TORSOS
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| 01:42:46 2654.26 |
TATTOO WORTH NOTING. GUN TATTOO ON STOMACH.
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| 01:42:58 2665.61 |
OUTDOOR TRIO OF SPANISH INMATES PLAYING GUITAR AND SINGING SPANISH TUNE.
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| 01:43:50 2717.85 |
INMATES LIFTING WEIGHTS IN THE YARD, WORKING OUT ON SPEED BAG.
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| 01:44:22 2749.55 |
INMATES ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS, WALKING THE YARD, PLAYING HANDBALL,
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| 01:45:21 2808.82 |
SCENIC SUNSET SHOT OF WATCH TOWER - MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND
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| 01:46:42 2889.91 |
GROUP SESSION WITH INMATES. THEY TALK ABOUT LIFE BEHIND BARS.
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| 01:48:35 3002.83 |
PRISON PSYCHOLOGIST TALKS ABOUT HOW A PRISONER WHO GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE COULD EVER COMMIT ANOTHER CRIME AND COME BACK.
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| 01:49:41 3068.87 |
NEXT SEGMENT. PAROLE HEARING.
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| 01:49:45 3072.85 |
OFFICIALS AT CONFERENCE TABLE.
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| 01:50:39 3126.56 |
PRISONER SITS FACING PAROLE BOARD. THEY DISCUSS HIS CASE INCLUDING 11 RAPES. PRISONER DISCUSSES AN ACTUAL RAPE, IN DETAIL, THAT HE COMMITTED.
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| 01:55:34 3421.91 |
PAROLE DENIED
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| 01:56:07 3455.04 |
SCENES INSIDE THE PRISON BLOCK.
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| 01:56:20 3467.29 |
EPILOGUE. EXTERIOR AERIAL SCENE OF BURNING PRISON AS UNSEEN NEWSCASTER TELLS OF RIOT, MURDER, AND VIOLENCE AT PENITENTIARY NEW MEXICO. STILLS OF THE VIOLENCE WITHIN, BLOODY CELLS, DEBRIS EVERYWHERE.
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CREDITS SCROLL
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