In "Songs From the Hole," James "JJ '88" Jacobs (portrayed above by Devonte Hoy) chronicles the struggles that led to his incarceration with a staggering visual hip-hop album composed behind bars.
As robust as streaming, premium cable and PBS have made the documentary marketplace in recent years, you wouldn’t be wrong to feel that there’s a glut of similar stories being told in similar ways. If ...
Next month, Contessa Gayles' Songs From the Hole, billed as a documentary-visual album in collaboration with James "JJ'88" Jacobs, will arrive on Netflix following its award-winning festival run. You ...
Archival producers spend their days immersed in history – cultural, political, or personal, depending on the project. Yet, historically, their specialized work has often been overlooked, even though ...
Cast: Kellie Evans, Devonte Hoy, Myles Lassiter, James “JJ’88” Jacobs, Victor Benjamin, William Jacobs Jr., Janine Jacobs, Reneasha Jacobs, Jacqueline Williams ...
That moment, raw and unscripted, was exactly what the filmmakers hoped for. The story of JJ was a heavy one to tell. A 15-year-old who commits murder and is sentenced to life in prison shortly after ...
Music, in its purest, most potent form, doesn’t just have the power to entertain; it also has the power to change lives for the better. Probably no one understands that more than James “JJ’88” Jacobs, ...
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