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HBO TRAILER EDITED BY: NOAH WAGNER

PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL is a poignant cinéma vérité documentary that transcends the confines of one of the United States' oldest maximum-security prisons. It chronicles the closing chapters in the life of a terminally ill inmate and the selfless hospice volunteers, who are also prisoners, tending to his needs. The documentary is crafted from footage recorded during a six-month period within the formidable walls of the Iowa State Penitentiary. It offers a compelling and often emotionally charged narrative of how the hospice experience can profoundly impact the forsaken lives of those incarcerated.

THE ONE TRULY GREAT FILM IN THIS CATEGORY.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
 
TERRIBLY CAPTIVATING. GALVANIZING. GRIPPING. SHOULD WIN THE ACADEMY AWARD.
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

 

I CAN'T IMAGINE A MORE POWERFUL PIECE OF FILM-MAKING. A DEEPLY AFFECTING LITTLE MASTERPIECE.
John Seals, Berkeleyside

 

IMPRESSIVE. UNFLINCHING. THOROUGH. PLAINSPOKEN AND HUMANE.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
 
THE BEST. AN ACHIEVEMENT.
Daniel Walber, Nonfics
 
A PROFOUNDLY TENDER EXPERIENCE.
Ty Burr, The Boston Globe
 
MOVING AND INTIMATE, AN EXTRAORDINARY FILM.
Susan James, ABC News
 
ASTONISHING.
Isaac Weeks, INDY Week
 
GUARANTEED TO HAVE YOU IN TEARS... AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER.
Jeff Nelson, DVD Talk
 
POWEWRFUL, GUT-WRENCHING STUFF. DARE YOU NOT TO SHED A TEAR.
George Butler, Butler's Cinema Scene

WILL WIN, THE MOST EFFECTIVE COMBINATION OF WEIGHTY SUBJECT MATTER AND MOVING PERSONAL HISTORY.
Ethan Alter, Television Without Pity

THE MOST FULLY REALIZED PIECE OF WORK.
Laura Clifford, Reeling Reviews
 
MOVING. CAPTIVATING.
Bernard Boo, WayTooIndie

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