TEHACHAPI
France 2023 – Director: J R – Original language: English – Subtitles: None – Length: 92 min.
For more than three years, the French street artist JR has been working with prisoners and staff in a high-security prison in California. Together they create large-scale artworks that open up new horizons for the prisoners, some of whom are serving life sentences. A deeply human and empathetic documentation of a project in which complex portraits are created that transcend Tehachapi’s high prison walls. Anna Magdalena Hofer
Biography
JR is an award-winning French photographer and street artist. He usually exhibits his monumental collages in public places, attracting the attention of those who don’t normally go to museums.
Filmography (selection)
THE PAST GOES FAST, US 2022, short film
PAPER & GLUES, US 2021, 84 min.
FACES PLACES, FR 2017, 84 min., with Agnes Varda
No youth rating
Production: SOCIAL ANIMALS. Producer: JR.
