At a time when the California State Prison system was dangerously overcrowded, and more than 85% percent of its inmates were involved in drug use, one unlikely program looked inward for the answer and took a chance on 50 men serving life inside.
The 50 is a feature-length documentary that asks how a group so underestimated became agents of radical change and the first men to become California certified counselors while inmates of that same state’s prison system. We step alongside these men in an exploration of trauma, redemption, and the complicated humanity of their stories.
Directed by BRENTON GIESER
Directed By BRENTON GIESER An LVL FILMS Production in Association with SAFE SPACE PICTURES Executive Producer JEFFREY SOBRATO Produced by AUDREY GLOECKNER-KALOUSEK BRENTON GIESER COLETTE KESSLER ESTEVAN PADILLA TRACI LEWIS Cinematography by TONY MAC JOSHUA PAUSANOS ESTEVAN PADILLA Edited by STEVEN DUPRÉ Music by TYLER BLOMSTROM-MOORE Featuring AL ROENSCH RANDY CARTER CAMERON CLARK and ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE 50