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The Redemption Project: 'Inmates Got Talent' Releases New Trailers (Videos)

By Staff
posted Jul 23, 2010, 21:08

Hilarious, Real and Outrageous Moments in Prison

Actor/Rapper Ice-T Gets in the Mix

(Indianapolis and Los Angeles) Doin' Time Entertainment LLC, in conjunction with the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC), announces that they have released new trailers for The Redemption Project: Inmates Got Talent, an entertaining documentary filled with humor and drama.  The wacky unscripted film is focused on helping inmates with a "second chance" so they can become productive members of society once released from prison.  The film was recently completed at Putnamville Correctional in Putnamville, Indiana.

To view the trailers (videos), click on the links below:

Inmates Got Talent feature comedy trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xam_q2Kpa4k&feature=player_embedded

Prisoners Are Wild Over Inmates Got Talent!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sOroItAQf8

Hilarious!... Nasty Nate "drops the soap" in prison:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWXC68Hw8EA&feature=player_embedded

In the unscripted film, co-creators Johnny Collins and Joel Jerome interact with offenders in a unique, dramatic and ultimately comedic fashion in an effort to help them turn over a new leaf so that they can become productive members of society.  In the process, Collins and Jerome ultimately organize a talent contest as a way to rehabilitate the prison's inmate population.

The talent contest included performances by established comedians (Steve Wilson - Comedy Central Live at Gotham and D.L. Hughley Radio Show, Edwin San Juan – Showtime Pacific Rim Comedy, comedian and former inmate Michael "Big Mike" Mitchell, comedians and co-creators Johnny Collins and Joel Jerome); as well as numerous inmates who want to pursue singing, comedy and acting as a way to live successful, crime-free lives.  Actor/rapper Ice-T contributes on-camera commentary and some voice-over in the completed project.

The Indiana Department of Correction enjoyed the documentary so much that they have granted Doin' Time Entertainment LLC continued access in its prisons to film an episodic series based on the documentary, or a follow-up film.  Doin' Time Entertainment also has written approval from the New York Department of Correctional Services to film another project in two of its prisons, including Sing Sing Correctional Facility.

Doin' Time Entertainment is currently seeking a distribution deal for the recently completed documentary and a partner for the upcoming episodic television series.

 

Resources:

http://www.inmatesgottalent.com/