Synopsis

In country music, Johnny Cash was heir to Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams, and to the mass audience he was an authentic character who narrated the American experience. His songwriting enriched the nation’s folk music catalog, and his exploration of the lives of prisoners, Native Americans, laborers, farmers and others on the outskirts of society uniquely demonstrates the power of music to comment on injustice and the human condition. 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 in violence and historical change. Cash’s 1968 concert at Folsom State Prison in California and the ensuing album became a symbol of the 1960s and transformed his career. ‘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. Drawing from rock photographer Jim Marshall’s stark images of that day, rare archival footage, as well as 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. This film will expose a lesser known ‘Man in Black’ through an exciting, visually compelling examination of this historic concert.

감독

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  • 베스토 크램
  • 베스토 크램은 연출자, 프로듀서, 촬영감독으로 20여 년 이상의 경력을 쌓아왔다. 예술디자인대학원을 졸업한 그는 촬영 감독과 사진작가로 먼저 활동하기 시작했고, 1982년에는 노던 라잇 프로덕션을 설립하여 연출과 제작에도 뛰어들었다. 그의 회사는 50여편 이상의 영화를 제작해 오고 있다. TV, 멀티스크린, 미술관 설치 전시 등을 통해 다양한 협력 작업을 해오고 있는 베스토 크램의 작품들은 대부분 PBS, 선댄스 채널, BBC, HBO 등을 통해 방영된 바 있다.