Directors: |
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Eugene Jarecki |
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Writers: |
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Christopher St John |
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Producers: |
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Roy Ackerman |
executive producer |
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David Alcaro |
executive producer |
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Joslyn Barnes |
executive producer |
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Sam Cullman |
producer |
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Daniel DiMauro |
archival producer |
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Kathleen Fournier |
co-producer |
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Nick Fraser |
executive producer |
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Danny Glover |
executive producer |
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Christopher St John |
producer |
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Alexandra Johnes |
consulting producer |
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Shirel Kozak |
co-producer |
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John Legend |
executive producer |
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Brad Pitt |
executive producer |
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Melinda Shopsin |
lead producer |
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Russell Simmons |
executive producer |
Actors: |
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Eugene Jarecki |
Himself, narrator, interviewer (voice) |
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Nannie Jeter |
Herself |
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Betty Chism |
Herself |
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Dennis Whidbee |
Himself |
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Elzie Hooks |
Himself, inmate, Lexington Correctional Center |
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Robert Wilson |
Himself |
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David Simon |
Himself, journalist |
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Michael Correa |
Himself |
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Gabor Mate |
Himself |
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Charles Bowden |
Himself |
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Mark W. Bennet |
Himself, judge, Northern District of Iowa |
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Maurice Haltiwanger |
Himself |
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Jim K. McGough |
Himself, Maurice Haltiwanger's defense attorney |
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Eric Franklin |
Himself, warden, Lexington Correctional Center |
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Don Walker |
Himself, inmate, Lexington Correctional Center |
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Larry Kastner |
Himself, inmate, Lexington Correctional Center |
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Mike Carpenter |
Himself, chief of security, Lexington Correctional Cent |
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Michelle Alexander |
Herself |
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Charles Ogletree |
Himself |
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Anthony Johnson |
Himself |
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Jonathan Kaufman |
Himself |
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Mark Mauer |
Himself |
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David Steele |
Himself, instructor, Lexington Correctional Center |
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David Kennedy |
Himself |
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Richard Lawrence Miller |
Himself, historian (as Richard Miller) |
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Julius Wilson |
Himself |
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Carl Hart |
Himself, associate professor of psychology, Columbia Un |
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Michael Bien |
Himself |
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Julie Stewart |
Herself, president, Families Against Mandatory Minimums |
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William Walter Wilkins |
Himself, federal judge (as William Wilkins) |
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Kevin Ott |
Himself, inmate, Lexington Correctional Center |