Shackles
Brief Synopsis
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A former high-school teacher with anger and violence issues is hired by a man to help start a provisional school for the juvenile inmates at Rikers Island Prison. As he struggles to ignite the interest of his difficult students, he discovers a talented, troubled young man who wins the prison-wide po
Cast & Crew
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Charles Winkler
Director
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Georg Stanford Brown
Barry Shabaka Henley
D.l. Hughley
Rob Cowan
Producer
Film Details
Also Known As
Rikers
Genre
Drama
Release Date
2005
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; Nelles Correctional Facility, Whittier, California, USA; Sybil Brand Institute, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Synopsis
A former high-school teacher with anger and violence issues is hired by a man to help start a provisional school for the juvenile inmates at Rikers Island Prison. As he struggles to ignite the interest of his difficult students, he discovers a talented, troubled young man who wins the prison-wide poetry slam.
Director
Charles Winkler
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Rikers
Genre
Drama
Release Date
2005
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; Nelles Correctional Facility, Whittier, California, USA; Sybil Brand Institute, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Released in United States on Video September 20, 2005
Released in United States on Video September 20, 2005
