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How objective can the camera be? Using the cinéma vérité technique, filmmakers from Iran, France, Oakland, and Serbia take a fly-on-the-wall approach to life unfolding in front of them. Featuring the short films THE YEAR OF THE ROBOT, SHADEGAN, HUNTSVILLE STATION, and THEN COMES THE EVENING.


Runtime: 88 minutes

Every weekday, dozens of inmates are released on parole from Huntsville State Penitentiary, the largest prison release center in Texas. With a bus ticket voucher and $100 release check, most of them take in their first moments out with phone calls, cigarettes, and quiet reflection at the Greyhound station up the block. In this pivotal moment, between incarceration and freedom, a myriad of complicated emotions arise before the bus arrives to take them home.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    14 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Premiere
    Louisiana
  • Note
    English subtitles
  • Director
    Jamie Meltzer, Chris Filippone
  • Producer
    Jamie Meltzer
  • Cinematographer
    Chris Filippone
  • Editor
    Chris Filippone, Jamie Meltzer