HBO Prepares to Air the 1st Prison Documentary Recorded by an Inmate
His name is Omar Broadway. He was a New Jersey prison inmate who snuck a video camera into a maximum security prison and was able to record some of his time incarcerated. The documentary is currently scheduled to premiere on HBO on July 14th.
Billed as the first film ever directed behind bars, the movie took over three years to plan as Omar worked out an angle to sneak a camera inside.
The Lazarus Effect
Executive produced by Spike Jonze, this (RED), HBO & Anonymous Content 30-minute documentary follows the story of HIV positive people in Africa who were at death’s door and in as little as 40 days undergo a remarkable transformation to health, when they gain access to the two lifesaving pills that cost around 40 cents a day.
