A documentary chronicle of the prisoners’ takeover of the Garcia Moreno Penitentiary in Quito, Ecuador. The prisoners find they suddenly have a voice after they take 360 people hostage, and a pattern of abuse and corruption by the guards toward the prisoners becomes clear after lengthy negotiations.
6.92006HD
A character-driven, political-thriller documentary that explores the volatile events that defined Alberto Fujimoris decade-long reign of Peru: His...
7.52022HD
In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends in a shootout and three deaths.
7.12021HD
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
8.52016HD
The French researcher Bertrand Monnet visits pirates in Nigeria and Somalia to learn how they make money from oil theft and kidnapping.
72006HD
Imagine a prison with some ten thousand prisoners, many of them dangerous and, to control them, only a few unarmed employees. Small in number, these...
9.52001HD
Documentary about Attica prison riot and lawsuits to get compensation for the victims of these events.
02015HD
Twenty-five years after the biggest riot in British penal history, this film brings together the ringleaders of the trouble with the prison guards...
02001HD
Documentary about the 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary Riots in which 33 inmates were killed.
5.71980HD
Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted...
6.82024HD
A common man imprisoned in a corrupt system questions whether jails truly rehabilitate or push individuals deeper into crime's abyss.
5.31996HD
A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as...
7.91993HD
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He...