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HUNTSVILLE STATION

Year 2020
Runtime 14 mins
Language English
Availability
  • Online Only

This short film is included in the following package(s): SHORTS PACKAGE: ZERO TO A ZILLION


Every day dozens of inmates are released on parole from the largest prison release center in Texas, the Huntsville State Penitentiary. With only a bus ticket voucher and $100 release check, most of the inmates spend their first moments of newly found freedom with phone calls, cigarettes, and quiet reflection at the Greyhound station up the block. In this moment between incarceration and freedom, a myriad of complicated emotions arise before the bus arrives to take them home.

HUNTSVILLE STATION takes us on a journey into a typical day at the station in a non-judgemental way, to simply observe the relationship the inmates have with the station in their first moments of freedom.

Countries

United States
Awards
Best Documentary Short - Palm Springs International ShortFest 2020
Festivals
Berlinale 2020, SXSW Film Festival 2020, Indy Short Film Festival 2020, Palm Springs International ShortFest 2020
Director
Jamie Meltzer, Chris Filippone
Cinematographer
Chris Filippone
Editor
Chris Filippone, Jamie Meltzer