Alive at Brushy Mountain (2003)

A documentary that shows us a world of authentic American music inside Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex in Tennessee that has never before been seen by outsiders In preparation for a live album Nashville singersongwriter Mark Collie and a film crew roamed the vast expanses of Brushy Mountain for months meeting inmates many of whom are talented singersongwriters It is the remarkable stories of these talented inmates and their awesome musical performances that give the movie its extraordinary power