Rikers

Genres

Documentary

Overview

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to the camera, revealing the violent arc of the Rikers experience – from the trauma of entry to extortion and control by inmates, to oppressive corrections officers, violence and solitary confinement.

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Runtime

70 min

Release Date

2016-11-12

Status

Released

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Cast

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Bill Moyers

Host

Tariq Barnes

Self

Barry Campbell

Hector Custodio

Candie Hailey-Means

Robert Hinton

Kathy Morse

Five Mualimm-Ak

Ismael Nazario

Marcell Neal

Ralph Nuñez

Damian Stapleton

Raymond Yu

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