Penitentiary

The Resource Penitentiary

Label

Penitentiary

Statement of responsibility

Jamaa Fanaka Productions ; produced, written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka

Title variation

Jamaa Fanaka's penitentiary

Language

eng

Summary

Martel Gordone is a hitch-hiker who gets into a fight with a pair of bikers over a prostitute. One of the bikers dies and Martel finds himself in prison with the moniker "Too Sweet" because of his love for candy bars. Soon he is a hardened but pragmatic inmate who joins the prison boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole. But standing in his path is Half Dead Johnson, a member of the prison's most violent gang. Half Dead's sadistic cruelty and Too Sweet's raw determination culminate in a brutal and shocking climax

Cataloging source

CLE

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Marty Ollstein ; editor, Betsy Blankett ; music, Frankie Gaye, William Anderson and Andre Douglas

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

PerformerNote

Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thommy Pollard, Badja Djola, Gloria Delaney, Hazel Spear, Donovan Womack

Runtime

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Context

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The work Penitentiary represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.