"College Behind Bars"
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"College Behind Bars" is a documentary series that follows incarcerated students in the Bard Prison Initiative as they pursue rigorous college degrees while serving time in prison.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "College Behind Bars" canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American documentary series
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documentary television series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Lynn Novick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| depicts | rigorous liberal arts college curriculum in prison ⓘ |
| director | Lynn Novick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | PBS Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Ken Burns
NERFINISHED
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Lynn Novick NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Botstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresInstitution | Bard College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | incarcerated students pursuing college degrees ⓘ |
| follows | students in the Bard Prison Initiative ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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educational television ⓘ prison documentary ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
streaming video
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television miniseries ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Bard Prison Initiative faculty
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incarcerated students in New York State ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Bard Prison Initiative
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mass incarceration in the United States ⓘ prison education ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration between Lynn Novick and Ken Burns
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in-depth portrayal of college-in-prison programs ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEndDate | 2019-11-26 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStartDate | 2019-11-25 ⓘ |
| portrays | students earning associate and bachelor’s degrees ⓘ |
| producer | Sarah Botstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Florentine Films
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Skiff Mountain Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releasePlatform |
PBS broadcast
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PBS streaming platforms ⓘ |
| runningTimePerEpisode | approximately 60 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | New York State prisons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
access to higher education
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criminal justice reform ⓘ humanization of incarcerated people ⓘ rehabilitation through education ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | approximately four years of students’ lives ⓘ |
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