Name: Racehoss
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 8

This is a story of a hurt child growing up to become a violent and angry young man struggling to fit into the harsh life within the penitentiary.

This is a must-see story of incarceration; an unusual glimpse into the severity of penitentiary life. This film is very different from other fine prison stories such as "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Birdman of Alcatraz" or "Papillon". A touching, painful portrait of a black man, son of a prostitute coming of age in pre-WW2 Texas. This amazing performance-art piece documents a troubled youth's matriculation through the brutal and racist Texas Penal System.

This is performance art at it's finest. The stories are well told and amazingly touching, as related to a live audience. Lighting effects, photographic projections and an enjoyable musical score are skillfully orchestrated allowing the viewer to witness the very black and white world of one man's tumultuous life.

To view this film is to intimately experience the desolate lows and violent highs of a troubled man's painful progress.

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