Songs from the Hole

Contessa Gayles (Dir), 106 minutes, USA, New York State Premiere

SOCIAL JUSTICE SPOTLIGHT

Director Contessa Gayles in attendance.

BIFF AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER (DOCUMENTARY)

At 15, he took a life. Three days later, his brother’s life was taken. A documentary visual album, SONGS FROM THE HOLE follows James “JJ’88” Jacobs through a musical opus of Hip-Hop and Soul, inspired by his innermost struggles as both a person who has committed and experienced violent harm, as he serves a double-life prison sentence.

The film interweaves the collective storytelling of its non-fiction participants with imagined representations of memories, dreams and spiritual dialogues set to its protagonist/writer’s original music.

Many thanks to the folks at The Film Collaborative.

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