Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo


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It’s Rodeo Time.  At the Women’s Prison.  Really!

From Bradley Beesley
co-director of Christmas on Mars and Summercamp!
director of Okie Noodling and Fearless Freaks Featuring the Flaming Lips

SXSW * Silver Docs

Don’t see a date near you?  Suggest a show.

“Honest, moving and uplifting.”
- Filmmaker Magazine

“one of America’s most interesting, contemporary nonfiction filmmakers…
as pure a piece of movie-making that you will see…
one of the best films of the year.”
- A.J. Schnack, All These Wonderful Things

“a story of gladiatorial desperation and hope, tied up with one whole lot of Oklahoman heart – Hell yeah!”
- Time Out London

Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo goes behind prison walls to follow convict cowgirls on their journey to the 2007 Oklahoma State Penitentiary Rodeo. In 2006, female inmates were allowed to participate for the first time.

In a state with the highest female incarceration rate in the country, these women share common experiences such as broken homes, drug abuse and alienation from their children.  From 1940 – 2008, the Oklahoma State Penitentiary held an annual ‘Prison Rodeo’. Part Wild West show and part coliseum-esque spectacle, it was one of the last of its kind – a relic of the American penal system. Prisoners compete on wild-broncs and bucking bulls, risking life-long injuries. For inmates like Danny Liles, a 14-year veteran of the rodeo, the chance to battle livestock offers a brief respite from prison life.  Within this strange arena the prisoners become the heroes while the public and guards applaud.

Don’t see a date near you?  Suggest a show.

Date City Venue Country
09/11/10 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Montreal
Blue Sunshine Canada

Time: 7:45pm.

Address: 3660 Boulevard Saint Laurent.

Venue phone: 1 438 380 5869.

Free MECHANICAL BULL-riding afterparty at Chez Serge.

Tour: NYC Area
09/17/10
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09/23/10
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
New York, NY
IFC Center United States

Address: 323 Sixth Avenue.

Bradley Beesley and Amy Dotson in person at select shows opening weekend.

Film page

Tour: “Western Swing”
09/17/10
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09/23/10
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Austin, TX
Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz United States

Address: 320 East 6th Street.

Venue phone: 1 (512) 476-1320.

Bradley Beesley in person late in the week

Film page

09/24/10
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09/30/10
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Los Angeles, CA
Downtown Independent United States

Address: 251 S. Main Street.

Bradley Beesley in person on September 29

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09/27/10 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Las Cruces, NM
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility United States

Bradley Beesley in person at private screening for inmates.

Film page

09/28/10 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Tempe, AZ
Madcap Theaters United States

Address: 730 South Mill Avenue.

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09/30/10 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
San Francisco, CA
Red Vic Movie House United States

Address: 1727 Haight Street.

Bradley Beesley in person

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10/04/10 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Bellingham, WA
Pickford Cinema United States

Address: 1416 Cornwall Ave.

Bradley Beesley in person

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10/05/10
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10/07/10
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Seattle, WA
Northwest Film Forum United States

Address: 1515 12th Ave.

Venue phone: 1 (206) 829-7863.

Bradley Beesley in Seattle for the “Local Sightings” festival

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10/07/10 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Tulsa, OK
University of Tulsa United States

James Payne in person.

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10/08/10 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Portland, OR
Hollywood Theatre United States

Address: 4122 Northeast Sandy Boulevard.

Venue phone: 1 (503) 281-4215.

Bradley Beesley in person

Film page

10/08/10
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10/14/10
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Denver, CO
Starz Film Center United States

Address: 900 Auraria Parkway.

Bradley Beesley in person on October 11.

Film page

11/05/10 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
New Orleans, LA
Ogden Museum of Southern Art United States

Address: 925 Camp Street.

An Evening with Bradley Beesley and the Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

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Tour: “Wild Ride”
11/16/10 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Columbia, MO
Ragtag Cinema United States

Address: 10 Hitt Street.

Venue phone: 1 (573) 443-4359.

Bradley Beesley in person!

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11/17/10 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo in
Kansas City, MO
Screenland Crossroads United States

Address: 1656 Washington.

Venue phone: 1 816.421.9700.

Bradley Beesley in person

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