The Farm: Angola is a film based on a prison named Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) located in Louisiana.The film looks into the lives of six inmates in the prison. All of these inmates featured are sentenced to life, except one who is on death row. The central messages of the film shows how the criminal justice system is corrupt, survival and freedom is the central goal for every inmate in the prison, and how racism is portrayed in the prison.
The film does a great job on displaying how the criminal justice system is corrupt. One inmate named, Vincent Simmons was convicted of aggravated rape of two white women. He was sentenced to 100 years, 50 years for each women. Simmons was able to get his first parole hearing in 20 years. He sat …show more content…
The prisons nickname is Angola because it is the homeland of slave who used to work in the fields that the prisoner work in now. The inmates are paid 4 cents and hours and are woken up at 5 am in the morning. The warden, Burl Cain say that it is like a plantation. For example, in the field the inmates are growing sugar cane, cotton, and corn. I believe that Cain is trying to portray this prison as a slave plantation. Also, the video does not shows any white prisoners on the field working. Therefore, I believe this film shows how the prison is racist. Another example, is the women who accused Vincent Simmons of rape said that she does not like black people and how she fears being around black people. This could of been a message to the parole board that this women is racist and that there is a chance that she accused the wrong man. Racism is clearly visible in the prison.
Overall, I believe that the film shows how the criminal justice system is basically against these inmates, and how they do not want to help these inmates in any way. Also, it is very clear that these inmates will do the right thing to get out of this prison. But in reality these men are either going to die in prison or get out when they are very old. It is sad to know that the prison is treating the inmates like
The film does a great job on displaying how the criminal justice system is corrupt. One inmate named, Vincent Simmons was convicted of aggravated rape of two white women. He was sentenced to 100 years, 50 years for each women. Simmons was able to get his first parole hearing in 20 years. He sat …show more content…
The prisons nickname is Angola because it is the homeland of slave who used to work in the fields that the prisoner work in now. The inmates are paid 4 cents and hours and are woken up at 5 am in the morning. The warden, Burl Cain say that it is like a plantation. For example, in the field the inmates are growing sugar cane, cotton, and corn. I believe that Cain is trying to portray this prison as a slave plantation. Also, the video does not shows any white prisoners on the field working. Therefore, I believe this film shows how the prison is racist. Another example, is the women who accused Vincent Simmons of rape said that she does not like black people and how she fears being around black people. This could of been a message to the parole board that this women is racist and that there is a chance that she accused the wrong man. Racism is clearly visible in the prison.
Overall, I believe that the film shows how the criminal justice system is basically against these inmates, and how they do not want to help these inmates in any way. Also, it is very clear that these inmates will do the right thing to get out of this prison. But in reality these men are either going to die in prison or get out when they are very old. It is sad to know that the prison is treating the inmates like