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The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo
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The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo

Jan 1, 1999
0h 30m
★ 8.5

Overview

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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