Florence Arizona (2014)

Welcome to Florence Arizona a cowboy town with a prison problem Just 8500 residents call the tiny community homebut over 17000 inmates live there housed in nine jails spread out over a sprawling industrial prison complex The economic fate of the towns inhabitants is inextricably linked with the prisonsand the townspeople are not necessarily happy about it Director Andrea B Scott follows four colorful characters whose lives are tied up with the prisons including the towns aspiring mayor a retired correctional officer and speed shooter a barber who longs for the towns freespirited cowboy days and troubled teen Marcus whose parents met through their prison careers Florence Arizona is a richly drawn humorous look at a singular small town whose Wild West roots are still very much alive in its outlaw identity today TCFF database