Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary was built in the 1820s, inspired by Enlightenment ideas and Quaker belief in solitary reflection and penitence. This documentary, illustrated with period lithographs, engravings, and photographs, gives a detailed history of the prison from its initial practice of total solitary confinement through its transformation into an overcrowded "Big House" to its replacement with a modern facility in 1970.
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FeistyUpper
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
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Console
best movie i've ever seen.
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Mandeep Tyson
The acting in this movie is really good.
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Zlatica
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.