| Art Conviction: Prisoners Hold Own Art Show. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1734 |
| Catalog #: | 426606 | |
| Clip Number: | 426606-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 038-031-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:43:36 - 00:44:43 | |
| Location: | San Francisco, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ART: Exhibitions ART: Style, Outsider Art LAW: Enforcement, Prisons LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco | |
| Description: | Inmates of the California Prison Hospital put on their own art show - an exhibit that is visited by 10,000 outsiders. Stone walls do not a prison make -- that's the picture these men paint to prove that nothing imprisons a man's sprit or imaginations. San Francisco, California The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. MS Prison gates opening and a small crowd of people start to walk in. Inside the prison there is an art exhibit set up with the opportunity to purchase maybe great works of art. Lady admiring a seascape painting. A prize ribbon hanging of a piece of modern art. Painting of a man. Abstract painting of a woman. The halls are filled with people looking at the art. | |
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