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W. Kamau Bell is applauding the filmmakers who participated within the first main movie competition held at San Quentin Rehabilitation Heart … revealing there’s some budding expertise inside the establishment’s partitions.
We caught up with the comic and TV host on “TMZ Live” Wednesday, the place he shared perception into how the star-studded competition got here to be … and teased what might be in retailer for the collaborating prisoners.
As Bell put it … the competition took place after WKB visited California’s oldest jail — previously generally known as San Quentin State Jail — for an episode of “United Shades of America,” the place he met author and former inmate Rahsaan Thomas … who went on to co-found the competition after staying in contact.
Per Bell, there are many artists who come and volunteer to work with the inmates … which is how they have been “trained by great filmmakers” to undertake their very own initiatives.
Nevertheless, since they’re unable to rent exterior actors, Bell famous lots of the incarcerated contributors make documentaries about their time in San Quentin … however not the standard jail docs you see on TV.
He added … “Remember, there are more Black men in therapy by percentage in San Quentin then there are Black men in therapy on the outside. So, these are very self-actualized sensitive human beings, who are smart and hard-working.”
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The competition came about final week and noticed notable superstar attendees, together with Kerry Washington and comic Jerry Seinfeld.
A number of of the movies will reportedly be out there for viewing within the close to future.
