BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A new documentary that uses video footage from inmates inside the Alabama Department of Corrections will be premiering on HBO Max in a few weeks.
“The Alabama Solution,” a documentary from directors Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, will premiere on the streamer Oct. 10. Jarecki is best known for his true documentaries “Capturing the Friedmans” and “The Jinx,” a series chronicling the deadly suspicions and arrest of New York real estate scion Robert Durst, while Kaufman served as a producer with Jarecki on “The Jinx.”
“In 2019, filmmakers visit an Alabama prison to film a revival meeting. Off camera, incarcerated men whisper a message: terrible things are going on here and being kept secret,” a press release from HBO read. “This sparks an immersive six-year investigation to discover the reality behind the walls of one of the nation’s deadliest prison systems.”
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As part of the documentary, Jarecki and Kaufman used smartphone video recorded by inmates, in one particular incident, to capture a “suspicious and violent death,” pointing to a pattern within Alabama’s prisons…