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Tehachapi
Tehachapi

Tehachapi

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DocumentaryDrama

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French visual artist-director JR (co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary FACES PLACES with the legendary Agnès Varda) situates his latest social-art intervention in a Southern Californian supermax prison, where he has imagined an enormously ambitious collaboration with the facility’s inmates.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

7.6/10

Release Date

12 June 2024

Country

France

Cast

JR

JR

Self

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