The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo (1999)
Overview
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo is a 1999 American short documentary film directed by Simeon Soffer. It focuses primarily on the inmates experiences in the rodeo. For a lot of those prisoners, the rodeo seems to be the only thing they have to look forward to. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.745 |
Directed By
Simeon Soffer
Crew
Simeon Soffer
Ramzy Telley
Mark Miks
Jonathan Stack
Ramzy Telley
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