IT'S A HARD TRUTH AIN'T IT
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nominated for a news & documentary emmy award for
best arts & culture documentary, 2020
Dennis Brown
Franklin Cox
Brandon Crider
Clifford Elswick
Joseph Henderson
Herb Robertson
Rushawn Tanksley
marshaun bugg
al'jonon coleman
james collins
quentis hardiman
charles lawrence
madeleine sackler
mark thacker
Filmed at Indiana’s Pendleton Correctional Facility during the same production period as the HBO film O.G., It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It follows 13 incarcerated men as they study filmmaking as a vehicle to explore their memories and how they ended up with decades-long sentences. Animated sequences by Yoni Goodman bring their stories to life. It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary category.
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Directed by Madeleine Sackler and thirteen men incarcerated at Pendleton Correction Facility. A Great Curve Films and Stacey Reiss production.
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Madeleine Sackler pays tribute to Charles Lawrence, a co-director of the film, after his passing in prison of Covid-19.