A mythical night in 1968, the Man in Black, bitter king of criminal country, offers his lived-out hymns of redemption and death to the recluses at Folsom. This is the story of that unforgettable penitentiary night, mouth to mouth and bar to bar.

Thursday 5th / 22:00 / Aribau Club 1 (*)
Friday 6th / 18:00 / Aribau Club 1
Sunday 8th / 20:00 / Aribau Club 1
(*)Presentation & Q&A with Bestor Cram

Here is the Man in Black, the king of dark country and paladin of the underworld, in the recording of the most famous live album in history, At Folsom Prison. Cash, that mountain of a man, onto whom the sun never reached all sides, full of demons and amphetamines and darkness, emerges from his own dark pit for a concert at Folsom State Prison, California. It's the January 13th, 1968. From the opening words "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" that mark the beginning of the LP, the Folsom lot go wild to each and every one of his tragic country music songs. For all these people, verses such as "I shot a man in Reno / Just to watch him die", were not just poetic licence; they were their lives. Cash interprets his songs with an I'm-like-you attitude, and the inmates know it. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison is much more than just a documentary on Cash, and even more than a film about a concert. It's also a reflection on penitentiary institutions, redemption, guilt and death, weighted down by very real past and present lives at Folsom. Merle Haggard, Rosanne Cash and Marty Stuart give their accounts, as so do numerous convicts and guards. The result is positively moving.

BESTOR CRAM has been in this field for 20 years. Northern Light, the company he founded, has produced over 50 films. He's directed his fair share of documentaries for PBS and the Sundance Channel. Not exactly a lightweight. 

"Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison" Trailer from Northern Light Productions on Vimeo.