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Prisoners meditate at Donaldson Correctional Facility near Birmingham, AL. Still from the film The Dhamma Brothers

Prisoners meditate at Donaldson Correctional Facility near Birmingham, AL.


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:: The Road to Forgiveness
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East meets West in the Deep South. An overcrowded maximum-security prison—the end of the line in Alabama's correctional system—is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program.

Behind high security towers and a double row of barbed wire and electrical fence dwells a host of convicts who will never see the light of day. But for some of these men, a spark is ignited when it becomes the first maximum-security prison in North America to hold an extended Vipassana retreat, an emotionally and physically demanding course of silent meditation lasting ten days.

The Dhamma Brothers tells a dramatic tale of human potential and transformation as it closely follows and documents the stories of the prison inmates at Donaldson Correction Facility who enter into this arduous and intensive program.




:: HAPPINESS ACTION FIGURES
Dhamma Brothers Get Quiet

:: BEYOND PRISONS
Imagine There's no Prison
Carol Estes reviews Magnani and Wray's Beyond Prisons: a fascinating, imaginative approach to reinventing criminal justice.




DVD cover of the film The Dhamma Brothers To learn more about the film, visit www.dhammabrothers.com.

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