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Music from the Big House

Post-screening Performance & Q&A with Film Subject, Rita Chiarelli

Showtimes:
Wed, June 27 @ 7:00pm

Ticket price: $12 Regular, $8.50 Members

"(FOUR STARS) Highest Rating. Music from the Big House is a compelling and unique documentary, worth your time and attention. A sure-fire conversation-starter!" Todd David Schwartz, CurveWire

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.

Memorial Day 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. (Matson Films)

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