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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

San Quentin(en)

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

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)

Johnny Cash at San Quentin was recorded live at San Quentin State Prison on February 24, 1969 and released as an album onJune 16 of that same year. The concert was filmed by Granada Television. Songs performed include Wreck of the Old 97 , I Walk the Line, San Quentin and A Boy Named Sue.

Auster(de)

La falena(it)

Thea is a sculptor who is diagnosed with tuberculosis before she marries Filippo. After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organizes a final party, inviting along her estranged husband. The film is considered to be lost, with only a fragment surviving in the film archive of the Cineteca Italiana.

You May Open Your Paper(en)

The film follows Issac, a young and intelligent school student who struggles with stress and the anxiety of exams. With the decline in his health and mental state, the only thing he has left are his friends, but will they will notice before it's too late?

The Clerk(sv)

The Clerk follows the daily office life of a young female clerk who works in a military conscription centre.

Female Teacher: Secret(ja)

A male high school student becomes obsessed with his teacher and uses various schemes including exposing her philandering husband to have sex with her.

Bütün Suçumuz Sevmek(tr)

Murat is a young man trying to cope with the death of his father. Trying to give a new direction to his life in this process, Murat moves to Istanbul and starts working in his uncle Kemal's factory. Kemal, who employs Murat as a worker so that he can learn the business better, hides from the employees at the factory that he is Murat's nephew. Murat, who lives in a neighborhood close to the factory, soon mingles with the workers at the factory. Getting used to his new life, Murat will have to leave his beloved friends as a result of the events.

Garōden(ja)

Based on the Baku Yumemakura martial arts serials