On a narrative level The Shawshank Redemption is a movie about the power of hope in the face of extraordinary hardship. But underpinning Andy Dufresne’s story we also find a blistering critique of the prison system and criminal justice policy in the United States.
VIDEO LINK FOR EDUCATORS
• Internet Archived video link + download
RESOURCES
• Just Detention International
• Statistics and facts about sexual violence
• How to support male survivors
• Criminal Justice and Prison Facts
REFERENCES
• Ava DuVernay’s documentary The 13th
• Watch The 13th on Netflix
• The Race Gap in US Prisons
• Biden’s Crime Bill Speech Is Worse Than You Think
• Rope Needs More Gay by Rantasmo
CITED ARTICLES
• LA Times movie review, September 23, 1994:
• Washington Post movie review, September 23, 1994:
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