Herman's House (2012)

A documentary about an artist's struggle to build a house designed by Herman, a prisoner who spent twenty-three hours a day in solitary in a 6x9 foot cell for forty years of his life. What kind of dwelling would someone like that envisage and why? At first I thought she (the artist) was exploiting his situation to further her own goals, but by the end I'd dismissed that notion even though her motivations weren't much clearer.
The film sheds light on the abuse the American criminal justice system dishes out and the affect it has on an individual.

3 bars out of 5