A video exploration of the meaning of ‘the good life’ in the lives of six ordinary people whose paths intersect at a maximum security prison, including an anti-nuclear activist, the Warden and his wife, and two inmates -- one African American, the other Hispanic -- both ‘lifers’.
Main Credits
produced and directed by Julie Gustafson and John Reilly; principal camera and videographer, Julie Gustafson; editor, Julie Gustafson and Nicole FauteuxAdditional Credits
produced with the advice and support of humanities scholars: John Demos, Virginia Yans-McLaughlin, Jay Ruby, Muriel Dimen, Eugenia Bain, Laurence Thomas, and David Noble; second camera, Hart Perry; sound recordist, Martin Lucas; additional sound, Victor Sanchez and Nicole Fauteux; Plowshares courtroom scene, Tom Loftstrom, Art Kamell, and Terry Williams; opening clip of Molly Rush from "In the Kin of Prussia" by Emile de Antonio; editing advisors, Emile de Antonio and Leslie Danoff; videotape editing, Rebo Associates and National Video Industries; creative consultant, Alan Miller; assistant editors, Pam Cohen, Lola Romano, Helene Susman, and Carla Zackson; montage design, Nathaniel Merrill; additional editing assistants, Paula Holland, Joanna Molloy, and Michael Danza; sound mix, William Willumstad and The Sound Shop; production assistants, Margaret Ahwesh and Michael Cantella; radio announcer, Martin Marinara; funded by The National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Rockefeller Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the ArtsDate
1983Staff and Producer Comments
PBS & Permanent Collection of the Museum of Modern Art 1984; Best
Documentary at the Chicago Film Festival, 1982; Distributed by Electronic Arts IntermixRunning Time
59 min.Video Tape Format
Digital file
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