Between the Bars traces the journey of North London choir, Vox Holloway, as its members tackle a new oratorio, The Sun Does Shine, based on the true story of an innocent man who spent 30 years on Death Row in Alabama before his release in 2015. The film explores the challenges posed when art tackles complex social issues such as capital punishment, racial injustice and long term imprisonment. Over two years, as the project evolved, choir members wrote to prisoners in the UK, many of whom spoke about the role music plays in helping them cope with long and, in some case, indeterminate sentences. The film was made in collaboration with the UK Prison Reform Trust and Arts Council England.
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