Former WBRC anchor Beth Shelburne worked as a producer on a new HBO documentary examining the serious problems within Alabama’s prison system, revealing that filmmakers’ research documented 1,377 people who died in state facilities during the six years of filming.

Independent filmmaker Jennifer McShane came to Missouri to make her second documentary about prison life, focusing on an unusual group of men at South Central Correctional Center south of St. Louis. The access she was given inside the maximum security ...

The Alabama Solution (now streaming on HBO Max) is a documentary primed to make a difference. After a decade working on the film, directors Andrew Jarecki (whose filmography includes hard-hitting docs Capturing the Friedmans and HBO series The Jinx) and ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new HBO documentary is bringing national attention to the problems behind Alabama’s prison walls, and it was topic of discussion in the state legislature’s joint prison committee. The Wednesday morning meeting was the first ...

The race for the documentary feature Academy Award spotlights quality filmmaking, but also requires a whole lot of money and the support of international doc branch voters. This year’s crop of top contenders includes films about investigative reporter ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A documentary aired at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah is going behind bars in Alabama prisons revealing what conditions are like inside. “The Alabama Solution” aired at the film festival and is now raising one question all ...

The St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church hosted a screening of the film on Sunday. A producer said that event was just one of 11 happening around the country over the weekend alone.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has lost his phone privileges and his prison tablet computer after his lawyer recorded him reading his journal entries on a call for a documentary about his case, South Carolina Corrections ...

Sing Sing garnered much acclaim (and should have gotten more Oscar nominations) for how it explores prisoners having their humanity be more deeply recognized through practicing an art form. Sing Sing saw its characters feel more seen and respected while ...