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College Behind Bars(TV show/series, 2019)

1h per episode | Genre: Documentary

Mini series in 1 season with 4 episodes

College Behind BarsRating: 3.0/5 (with 2 votes)
College Behind Bars is a 2019 American television documentary series, directed by Lynn Novick, which originally aired on PBS. It focuses on the lives and academic careers of inmates in the Bard Prison Initiative. ()
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About College Behind Bars

Explore the transformative power of education through the eyes of a dozen incarcerated men and women trying to earn college degrees – and a chance at new beginnings – from one of the country’s most rigorous prison education programs.

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College Behind Bars Seasons and Episodes

11/25/2019Season 1 - 4 episodes
Prisoners trying to earn college degrees are profiled in this docuseries about incarceration, race in America and the transformative power of education.
#1 | 11/25/2019Part 1: 'No One Ever Taught Me Any of That.'
Incarcerated men and women in New York State are admitted to the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), one of the most rigorous college programs in America. As they begin their studies at Eastern and Taconic Correctional facilities, they discover that they will be held to the same high standards as Bard College students on the main campus in Annandale-on-Hudson.
#2 | 11/25/2019Part 2: 'I'm Trying to Get Home to My Family, Too.'
Sebastian, Dyjuan and Tamara reflect on the difficult circumstances of their childhood, while the debate team prepares to face the University of Vermont. Shawnta, Tamika and Tamara make great strides academically, only to discover that BPI keeps raising the bar. Brian and Rodney are accused of breaking prison rules and sent to the solitary housing unit, SHU, their education in serious jeopardy.
#3 | 11/26/2019Part 3: 'Every Single Word Matters'
The debate union faces their rival across the river, West Point. Rodney, Sebastian and Giovannie embark on yearlong senior projects. Newly released from federal prison, Dyjuan’s younger brother, Kanan, comes for a visit, as does Rodney’s sister, Elitha. Tamara receives devastating news from home, and Shawnta reckons with her own path to prison. In New York City. Jule struggles to find work.
#4 | 11/26/2019Part 4: ' Home is a Work in Progress'
The debate union faces Harvard. While Rodney and Sebastian complete their 100-page senior projects and present them to faculty, Giovannie gets into trouble and is sent to SHU, not able to complete his project before being released. At graduation at Taconic; Tamara, Tamika and Shawnta receive associate degrees, while at Eastern, Rodney and Sebastian receive bachelor’s degrees.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 25 languages: Arabic (AR), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hindi (HI), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 11/25/2019
Last episode released on: 11/26/2019
Director: Lynn Novick
Producer: Ken Burns

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