Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

Date: Thu, February 26th 2009
Additional Time Info: 7:00 p.m.
Event Tags: The Movies
Location: AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center

Thursday, February 26, 7:00
JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON
Screening on Johnny Cash's Birthday!

This intimate documentary examines the events surrounding Cash's 1968 concert at Folsom State Prison in California, and the landmark live album that resulted from it. Drawing from rock photographer Jim Marshall's stark images of that day, rare archival footage and exclusive interviews with participants and observers, the film traces Cash's rocky road leading up to the concert, as well as the legacy it created for Cash and others. Featuring interviews with country legend Merle Haggard, daughter Rosanne Cash, son John Carter Cash and country musician Marty Stuart, as well as former Folsom Prison inmates and guards.

DIR/PROD Bestor Cram; SCR/PROD Michael Streissguth. US, 2008, color, 90 min. NOT RATED