The HBO documentary The Alabama Solution shines a blistering light on America’s prison crisis, exposing secrecy and brutality behind Alabama’s prison walls.
Directed and produced by Emmy-winning filmmaker Andrew Jarecki (HBO’s “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” Parts One and Two and Oscar nominated “Capturing the Friedmans”) and Charlotte Kaufman (producer of HBO’s “The Jinx: Part Two”) The Alabama Solution premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and also screened at Sheffield DocFest.
It will be released in theaters in the U.S. on October 3, 2025, followed by its streaming debut on October 10, 2025 on HBO.
Here is the synopsis: In 2019, filmmakers visit an Alabama prison to film a revival meeting. Off camera, incarcerated men whisper a message: terrible things are going on here and being kept secret. This sparks an immersive six-year investigation to discover the reality behind the walls of one of the nation’s deadliest prison systems.
Through unprecedented direct access and video shot on contraband cell phones, the filmmakers learn from the men inside about a suspicious and violent death. The story unfolds in real time, revealing it isn’t an isolated incident and that the official version appears far from the truth. What follows is a shocking story of brutality, corruption, and a system in collapse. As the men fight for their own survival, they embark on a campaign of resistance, against all odds.
Watch the official trailer for The Alabama Solution, above.
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