3.8.10: Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
Drawing from rock photographer Jim Marshall’s stark images of Johnny Cash's seminal concert at Folsom Prison, rare archival footage, and exclusive interviews with participants and observers, this film traces Cash’s rocky road that led to the concert and the torrent of stardom and political debate that came after it.
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
(2008, dir: Bestor Cram)
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison examines the most important day in the career of one of America’s foremost popular artists. It was January 1968, a year that would be saturated with violence and historical change. Cash’s 1968 concert at Folsom State Prison in California—and the ensuing album—became a symbol of the late 1960s and transformed his career. Drawing from rock photographer Jim Marshall’s stark images of that day, rare archival footage, and exclusive interviews with participants and observers, the film traces Cash’s rocky road that led to the concert and the torrent of stardom and political debate that came after it.
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison remains one of the greatest live albums ever made, and the man himself one of America’s greatest troubadours and advocates for prison reform. Forty years later, the album still resonates today with a rawness and authenticity that few recordings have ever achieved. This film exposes a lesser-known “Man in Black,” forever defined by darkness and light.
March 8, 2010
7:30 pm
Director Bestor Cram will be in attendance.
The Tribeca Cinemas bar will be open before and after the screening—stop in for a drink and mingle with other movie lovers.
