Friday, August 18, 7:00 p.m.
directed by Angad Singh Bhalla | Running time: 1 hr 21 mins.
Herman Wallace may be the longest-serving prisoner in solitary confinement in the United States – he’s spent more than 40 years in a 6-by-9-foot cell in Louisiana. Imprisoned in 1967 for a robbery he admits, he was subsequently sentenced to life for a killing he denies. Herman’s House is the account of the expression his struggle found in an unusual project by artist Jackie Sumell. Imagining Wallace’s “dream home” began as a game and turned into an interrogation of justice and punishment in America. The film takes us inside the duo’s unlikely 12-year friendship, and reveals the transformative power of art.
Post-screening Q&A with artist Jackie Sumell herself!
Movie Nights At The Museum: Free movie screenings, free popcorn, free coffee & free conversation. Every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, we screen movies about issues that are important to our Skid Row and downtown community at the #skidrowmuseum.
Location: Skid Row History Museum and Archive, 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
