FACTUAL DOCUMENTARIES
RIKERS HIGH
- Victor Buhler
- Society
- 2005
- 85'
Right in the center of New York stands Riker's Island, an island that the city's inhabitants would like to be able to forget. It used to be a gigantic open-air garbage dump and it became an other kind of drain. A gigantic penitentiary complex was built, receiving 15 000 inmates, mostly African-American or Hispanic. In the middle of this hell shines a sparkle of hope, a high school: Riker's High. Taking advantage of an exceptional authorization, the director followed, during a year, the dented destiny of a few teenagers, who, at the age of sixteen, eighteen can be there for the third time. They come in and out. Will this specific course spare them the vicious infernal circle of delinquency/jail in which they are now stuck? This film is an unprecedented and astonishing dive in the dark side of the American dream.
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DIRECTOR
Victor Buhler
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CO-PRODUCER
Cinétévé - RIKERS HIGH LLC
With the participation of Showtime Networks, France 2, the channel Planète and of CNC. -
LENGTH
85'
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BROADCASTER
France 2
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FORMAT
16/9
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SUPPORT LOCATION
Béta Numérique
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LANGUAGES
VO, VF
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AWARDS
Best documentary on New York at the Tribeca Film Festival, 2005
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AUTHOR
Jean-Michel DISSARD
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CREW
Image & Sound: Victor BUHLER
Editing: Meg RETICKER
Mixing: Florent LAVALLÉE
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CAST
Original Music: Marc Anthony THOMPSON
Commentary by: Igor DESAVITCH
For Chocolate Genius Inc.
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COPYRIGHT
Cinétévé – Rikers High LLC - 2005