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Directors: Sam Bathrick

16 Bars 2018

94 minutes

'One jail. One recording studio.'

Todd “Speech” Thomas, a member of the iconic hip-hop group Arrested Development, spends 10 days working as part of a unique rehabilitation program in Richmond, VA, working to allow prisoners to write and record their own songs.

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