A La Brava: Prison + Beyond

Duration: 53 min.

Year Published: 1972

Format: 16mm

Description: A documentary, filmed at Soledad Prison in California, that shows details of daily life there, probes the motivations, ambitions, and intellectual insights of Chicano inmates. The first part explores the prison and what it is like. The second part examines the lives of two men, both parolees, who have returned to the community and are determined to become positive influences, thereby involving themselves in community action programs.

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