Chris Barrow
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A documentary called Jail Time Records was a big winner at this month's Tribeca Festival in New York.
It tells the story of what's believed to be the first recording studio inside an African prison.
The creators now want to show it to inmates at the New Bell Prison in Cameroon where it was filmed.
From New York, Tom Brook reports.
It's being called a documentary musical.
The film Jailtime Records spotlights what the filmmakers claim is the very first recording studio inside a prison on the African continent.
Shot over several years at the overcrowded Nubel Prison in Cameroon, it shows how music through the recording studio has become a powerful force within the jail.
DNA Roach co-directed the documentary.
For co-director Steve Happy, who was himself incarcerated at one point in the prison, the recording studio and the music give the prisoners a sense of self-esteem and empowerment while behind bars.
The documentary has won support from some influential figures in the film industry, including top New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi.
The music that comes out of there is amazing, and I think just in terms of the power of art in relation to redemption and what that can mean to someone who, you know, some of these people are in prison for life.
I think having an outlet is an incredibly powerful and humane thing.
While the recording studio has met with the approval of the prison authorities, not everyone might be happy with a film documenting a prison recording studio that could be seen as celebrating music that's come from hardened criminals.
DNA Roach again.
What do you say to people who are uncomfortable with that?
the process we're doing is a rehabilitation process basically like we enter the prison without any judgment and it's the only way we can really approach this kind of work and also music as any creative process is also a way of self-discovery going within yourself and and maybe coming to terms with things you've done and hopefully changing
This month, the team behind Jailtime Records brought their film to New York City, where it had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival.
Since winning three awards at the festival, including the Best Documentary feature, it's been on an upward trajectory.
For the filmmakers, the hope is that the concept of a recording studio inside a prison can spread to other countries and other institutions.
DNA wrote...
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