Shakespeare Behind Bars
That Bill Shakespeare guy and his team of writers sure knew a lot about life. Ordinarily our DVD
picks are comedies, or attempts at comedy, and Shakespeare certainly had his funny moments in a 16th
century sort of way. But this film is so powerful in its approach at showing how
The Bard can still find the route into even
the most lost souls, and we’re not talking about online humor writers.
comprising thieves, rapists and murderers, are not among the nicest of chaps in our society.
And Shakespeare Behind Bars, which received a 2005 Sundance Grand Jury Prize nomination,
does not attempt to serve as a venue to gain sympathy for this unlikely group of thespians who
set out to perform The Tempest.
What it does do is demostrate how Shakespeare can be more relevant a few centuries later than Simon
Cowell might ever be. The actors find messages and meanings in Shakespeare that help them
find answers in the course of serving their debts to society.
But perhaps, most of all, the film serves as a forceful counter-argument to the segment of
society which would prefer to execute than redeem.
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