Men of San Quentin(1942)

Felon(en)

A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

San Quentin(en)

Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.

A Double Life(en)

The grim news made international headlines: On August 21, 1971, prison authorities discovered a gun on famed Soledad Brother author, activist and San Quentin inmate George Jackson. A shootout ensued, killing Jackson, two other inmates and three guards, and wounding three more officers. Authorities asserted that only lawyer Stephen Bingham could have smuggled the weapon into the prison. Fearing that a conviction for abetting the guards’ deaths would lead to his own murder, the attorney fled, beginning a long, strange odyssey of pseudonymous exile. Strange indeed for the Yale-graduate scion of politically prominent New England elites.

Women of San Quentin(en)

A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.

Zoot Suit(en)

Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.

San Quentin(en)

An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.

The Steel Cage(en)

Drama set in San Quentin prison.

Weeds(en)

A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.

Duffy of San Quentin(en)

San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.

Free Chol Soo Lee(en)

On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant who had previous run-ins with the law, was arrested and convicted based on flimsy evidence and the eyewitness accounts of white tourists who couldn’t distinguish between Asian features. Sentenced to life in prison, Chol Soo Lee would spend years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The intrepid reporter’s investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.

Johnny Cash at San Quentin(en)

On February 24th, 1969, two days before he turned 37, Johnny Cash led his traveling troupe behind the foreboding walls of the California State Penitentiary at San Quentin, long known as one of America's toughest prisons.

Solum(pt)

The Rothschild Legacy(en)

The rags to immense riches story of the Rothschild family - from surviving the Jewish ghettos of WWII, to becoming one of the most powerful banking families in the world.

College Girl(hi)

A drama about a college girl who is violently assaulted by her lover. The young woman meets with a lot of resistance when she tries to sue her former friend.

Mourning Dove(de)

A Picture of Unhealth(en)

An upcoming psychological horror film, written by David Sark, wherein strange visions and harsh realities are discovered.

Pequenas Criaturas(pt)

A family moves to the futuristic capital of Brazil and the father is called away on a business trip, leaving behind an upset wife, a pissed-off teenager and a pathologically optimistic 8-year-old who believes in more than the eye can see.