The injustice of solitary confinement and the transformative power of art are explored in Herman\u2019s House, a feature documentary that follows the unlikely friendship between a New York artist and one of America\u2019s most famous inmates as they collaborate on an acclaimed art project.<\/p>\n
In 1972, New Orleans native Herman Joshua Wallace (b. 1941) was serving a 25-year sentence for bank robbery when he was accused of murdering an Angola Prison guard and thrown into solitary confinement. Many believed him wrongfully convicted. Appeals were made but Herman remained in jail and\u2014to increasingly widespread outrage\u2014in solitary. Years passed with one day much like the next. Then in 2001 Herman received a perspectiveshifting letter from a Jackie Sumell, a young art student, who posed the provocative question:<\/p>\n
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