What Is Herman's House?

Tomorrow night PBS is premiering <a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov/hermanshouse/" target="_blank"><i>Herman's House</i></a>, a POV documentary by Angad Singh Bhalla that looks at the relationship between convict Herman Wallace and artist Jackie Sumell.<br /><br />Here's the trailer:<br /><br /><object height="360" width="640"> <param name = "movie" value = "http://dgjigvacl6ipj.cloudfront.net/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf" ></param><param name="flashvars" value="width=640&height=360&video=http://video.pbs.org/videoPlayerInfo/2364989606/?player=PBS_Partner_Player_v1&start=0&end=0&balance=true&player=viral&end=0&lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name = "allowscriptaccess" value = "always" ></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://dgjigvacl6ipj.cloudfront.net/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf" flashvars="width=640&height=360&video=http://video.pbs.org/videoPlayerInfo/2364989606/?player=PBS_Partner_Player_v1&start=0&end=0&balance=true&player=viral&end=0&lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="360" bgcolor="#000000"></embed></object> And here's the short description: <br /><blockquote>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 vehemently denies. <i>Herman's House</i> is a moving account of the remarkable expression his struggle found in an unusual project proposed by artist Jackie Sumell. Imagining Wallace's "dream home" began as a game and became an interrogation of justice and punishment in America. The film takes us inside the duo's unlikely 12-year friendship, revealing the transformative power of art. [<a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov/hermanshouse/film_description.php" target="_blank">full description</a>]</blockquote><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/povdocs/8450562971/" title="Herman's House by POV Docs, on Flickr"><img alt="Herman's House" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8251/8450562971_234ce27b8e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

What Is Herman's House?

Tomorrow night PBS is premiering Herman's House , a POV documentary by Angad Singh Bhalla that looks at the relationship between convict...

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