---
title: 'The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Liz Garbus'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-farm-angola-usa-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139193/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)

1998 · 88 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

The Farm: Angola, USA is a 1998 documentary film set in the notorious and largest American maximum-security prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. Loosely based on articles published in Life Sentences, drawn from the prison magazine, The Angolite, the film was directed and produced by Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus. Wilbert Rideau, a life prisoner who had been editor of the magazine since 1975, also participated in direction and was credited on the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Liz Garbus](https://cinepixo.com/people/liz-garbus), [Jonathan Stack](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-stack), [Wilbert Rideau](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilbert-rideau)
- **Producer:** [Liz Garbus](https://cinepixo.com/people/liz-garbus), [Jonathan Stack](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-stack)
- **Screenplay:** [Bob Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-harris)

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