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| 2024 – 92′ – DOCUMENTARY Once again, incisive visual artist\u00a0JR\u00a0(Places) captures the world around him and reflects it back to us in a way that transforms lives, mirrors the humanity within us, and literally changes the way we see the world. This time, his joint subject\/canvas is the Tehachapi maximum security prison in Southern California. The original idea was simply to photograph a group of inmates from the prison\u2019s Level Four facility \u2013 housing its most violent criminals \u2013 create a monumental photo collage, and paste it on the ground of the prison courtyard, where it would remain for just a few days. Yet, in the process, so much more happens. Powerful bonds are formed, a sense of dignity is reclaimed, and an open-hearted dialogue begins\u2026 revealing the immense transformational power of art and the hope it can instill in everyone involved, from the inmates and their families, to the prison staff, to the viewers of the finished piece and this immensely moving film. It is a rare experience, and confirms the fact, loud and clear, that art is alive and well and truly does have the power to change lives and the world in a very visceral way.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TEHACHAPI | 2024 – 92′ – DOCUMENTARY Written by:\u00a0JR Directed by: JR Official Competition TAFFF 2024. In English. A MasterClass release. | Once again, incisive visual artist\u00a0JR\u00a0(Places) captures the world around him and reflects it back to us in a way that transforms lives, mirrors the humanity within us, and literally changes the way we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,14,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tafff","category-documentary","category-films-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20021,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20017\/revisions\/20021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWritten by:\u00a0JR
\nDirected by: JR
\nOfficial Competition TAFFF 2024.
\nIn English.
\nA MasterClass release. |<\/span><\/p>\nWATCH NOW<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n