Canadian Film: Music From the Big House July 17, 2012

SPECIAL PROGRAM
Rita Chiarelli, Canada’s Queen of the Blues and one of the subjects of the film, will be in attendance for a post-film Q&A and short performance.

In MUSIC FROM THE BIG HOUSE, Rita Chiarelli, Canada’s Goddess of the Blues, takes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Blues: Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary, a.k.a Angola Prison - formerly the bloodiest prison in America. Rita’s trip turns into an unprecedented historic jailhouse performance, playing with – rather than for – musician inmates serving life sentences. Their shared bond of music, and Chiarelli’s ebullient personality, draw striking revelations from the inmates. Rather than sensational stories of convicts, we witness remarkable voices of hope as their love of music radiates humanity and redemption on their quest for forgiveness.

Canada | USA, 2010, 90 min, In English, Unrated, Directed by Bruce McDonald

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