A prison riot where the only weapons are cow bells and stubborn hope.
When Canada's Government takes the decision to transform the correctional system to one that puts punishment first, the country's rehabilitative prison farms are one of the first causalities. A strong opposition forms towards the farm closures and for two days in late summer of 2010, hundreds of angry protesters stand in front of Frontenac Prison Farm in the heart of Kingston, Ontario, ready to block cattle trucks brought in to remove the hundred-year-old prize dairy heard.
Direction
Epstein lets the absurdity speak for itself — no narration needed.
Editing
Tight 59 minutes that never wastes your rage.
Director
Lenny Epstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Canada's prison farm closures sparked one of the country's most peculiar protest movements, with urban activists and rural conservatives finding rare common ground over livestock welfare.
The Harper government's 'Tough on Crime' agenda explicitly targeted 'soft' rehabilitation programs; the film captures the moment Canada's penal philosophy lurched rightward — a shift that outlasted the government itself.
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