Holidays....Hollow Days

Duration: 0:55:00

Creator: Washington

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Presents an original drama about Christmas in prison written by Rhozier T. "Roach" Brown, a convicted murderer, and performed by eight black inmates of the D.C. Lorton Reformatory. Reflects on the law and penal system and contrasts white, middle-class conceptions of Christmas with that of the ghetto black serving time in prison. Observes the drama being presented in a Capitol Hill church before an audience of blacks and whites who participate by questioning the inmate-actors as the drama progresses., Presents an original drama about Christmas in prison written by Rhozier T. "Roach" Brown, a convicted murderer, and performed by eight black inmates of the D.C. Lorton Reformatory. Reflects on the law and penal system and contrasts white, middle-class conceptions of Christmas with that of the ghetto black serving time in prison. Observes the drama being presented in a Capitol Hill church before an audience of blacks and whites who participate by questioning the inmate-actors as the drama progresses.

Complete Record: , Presents an original drama about Christmas in prison written by Rhozier T. "Roach" Brown, a convicted murderer, and performed by eight black inmates of the D.C. Lorton Reformatory. Reflects on the law and penal system and contrasts white, middle-class conceptions of Christmas with that of the ghetto black serving time in prison. Observes the drama being presented in a Capitol Hill church before an audience of blacks and whites who participate by questioning the inmate-actors as the drama progresses.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.