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'The Prison in Twelve Landscapes' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Brett Story and released in 2016.[http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/review-the-prison-in-twelve-landscapes "Review: The Prison in Twelve Landscapes"]. 'POV', April 29, 2016. Consisting of twelve short vignettes, the film explores the social impact of the prisonindustrial complex in the United States through various angles, including a former industrial town in Kentucky which is now dependent on a federal penitentiary for local employment, a community park which was constructed solely to prevent registered sex offenders from being able to move into the local halfway house, and a man who runs a business selling items to family members of prisoners for inclusion in care packages.[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/movies/the-prison-in-twelve-landscapes-review.html "Review: The Prison in Twelve Landscapes Reveals the Invisible Tentacles of Mass Incarceration"]. 'The New York Times', November 3, 2016.

The film premiered at the True/False Film Festival in March 2016,[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/prison-twelve-landscapes-true-false-874087 "The Prison in Twelve Landscapes: True/False Review"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter', March 10, 2016. and had its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in May.

Reception



Critical reception

'The Prison in Twelve Landscapes' holds a 100% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.8/10. On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 86 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Awards

At Hot Docs, the film was awarded a $5,000 Special Jury Citation in the Best Canadian Feature Documentary category.[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/hot-docs-2016-and-the-winners-are/ "Hot Docs 2016: And the winners are..."]. 'Now', May 10, 2016.

At the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016, the film won the award for Best Canadian Documentary.[https://www.straight.com/movies/853651/local-filmmaker-kevan-funks-hello-destroyer-leads-vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards "Local filmmaker Kevan Funk's Hello Destroyer leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards for Canadian films"]. 'The Georgia Straight', January 10, 2017.

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, for Best Feature Length Documentary.[https://lfpress.com/2017/01/17/xavier-dolan-film-and-orphan-black-lead-canadian-screen-award-nominations "Xavier Dolan film and Orphan Black lead Canadian Screen Award nominations"]. 'London Free Press', January 17, 2017.

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