The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo

The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo (1999)

January 1st, 19990h 30min

Documentary
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The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo is a 1999 American short documentary film directed by Simeon Soffer. It focuses primarily on the inmates experiences in the rodeo. For a lot of those prisoners, the rodeo seems to be the only thing they have to look forward to. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.


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