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En este documental corto, los reclusos de una prisión de máxima seguridad en Missouri cosen colchas personalizadas para niños en espera de adopción.En este documental corto, los reclusos de una prisión de máxima seguridad en Missouri cosen colchas personalizadas para niños en espera de adopción.En este documental corto, los reclusos de una prisión de máxima seguridad en Missouri cosen colchas personalizadas para niños en espera de adopción.
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I absolutely loved this short film. And I was so disappointed when it ended.
This film follows a program in a prison where prisoners with good behaviour join a quilting class.
What is so lovely about this film is that you see the prisoners express themselves creatively through quilting for foster children. Something you probably wouldn't expect from hardened criminals. I wish this was a series. I wish we could learn more about them and their crimes and their outreach programs. I feels like there was something of value to learn here. They take real pride in what they're doing.
It's definitely worth watching, I do recommend.
This film follows a program in a prison where prisoners with good behaviour join a quilting class.
What is so lovely about this film is that you see the prisoners express themselves creatively through quilting for foster children. Something you probably wouldn't expect from hardened criminals. I wish this was a series. I wish we could learn more about them and their crimes and their outreach programs. I feels like there was something of value to learn here. They take real pride in what they're doing.
It's definitely worth watching, I do recommend.
The Quilters is a profound and deeply meaningful documentary short that reveals an unexpected and transformative act of grace: men serving life sentences in the rural Southeast who create quilts for at-risk youth. With remarkable sensitivity, the film captures the humanity of incarcerated individuals who are so often rendered invisible, showing how threads of remorse, hope, and compassion can take shape through cloth stitched together with love. Each quilt is a hand-stitched form of redemption. The cinematography is quiet and intimate, allowing the vulnerability of the quilters to be revealed. The reflections of the quilters are raw, honest, and often heartbreaking, offering a powerful counter-narrative to how society views incarceration, especially in forgotten corners of the American South. The Quilters challenge us to see art and empathy where we least expect it. It is a stunning, soul-stirring testament to the possibility of healing, even behind bars.
There is much to love about this far-too-short glimpse into the lives of these men and the good work they are doing in this world. I love how they recognize their past wrongs and take responsibility for them, and then turn around and work, every day, in this small quilting shop, away from the tough side of a maximum security prison, creating beautiful gifts for foster kids in whom they see something of themselves. I think they hope to give those kids some hope for their own futures so that those kids, starting out so far behind, don't end up where these inmates currently are. These men, while still struggling with the demons of their former selves, are meticulous and thoughtful about their fabric choices, and the quilt design and block layout, making sure that the corners are clean and there are no puckers, giving these kids the recognition and care that they will never know about and that those kids' families never did in order to atone and pay forward and to heal both themselves and those kids. They are not transformed into perfect humans, but they have been given a purpose and that purpose has made them want to be better members of society. And I think that is beautiful and the best outcome you can hope for.
This was a beautiful documentary that I could watch for hours and hours!
I loved seeing these men put their time and energy into creating and truly caring about making a lovely quilt for a foster child. They thoughtfully plan the designs and enjoy coming up with patterns & colors.
Did I love this because I also make quilts? 100%! Does it make me excited to make another quilt? 100%. But I also think everyone would enjoy this Quilting story. Truly moving. I got emotional when a thank you not was read.
Get this sewing program in all the prisons and each episode can be a new prison quilt guild!! I would be an avid watcher!
I loved seeing these men put their time and energy into creating and truly caring about making a lovely quilt for a foster child. They thoughtfully plan the designs and enjoy coming up with patterns & colors.
Did I love this because I also make quilts? 100%! Does it make me excited to make another quilt? 100%. But I also think everyone would enjoy this Quilting story. Truly moving. I got emotional when a thank you not was read.
Get this sewing program in all the prisons and each episode can be a new prison quilt guild!! I would be an avid watcher!
'You've got to forgive yourself before you forgive others'.
You might think this is a piece of sentimental fluff, but when it's spoken by a man who's spent 40 years in prison, it carries weight and meaning.
Some prisoners coming together for a project is a familiar theme, but in this doc, you can feel how they express their soul through their creative vision. Like 'Chill' who has to act tough outside but makes beautiful butterfly quilts for little girls. He expresses the feminine part of his personality, acquired from his mom, through these quilts. I felt terrible for the man who took back a razor and fabric he was working on back to the cell. He could never see the full fruits of his vision.
Loved the documentary and the inmates. It gives hope for humanity.
You might think this is a piece of sentimental fluff, but when it's spoken by a man who's spent 40 years in prison, it carries weight and meaning.
Some prisoners coming together for a project is a familiar theme, but in this doc, you can feel how they express their soul through their creative vision. Like 'Chill' who has to act tough outside but makes beautiful butterfly quilts for little girls. He expresses the feminine part of his personality, acquired from his mom, through these quilts. I felt terrible for the man who took back a razor and fabric he was working on back to the cell. He could never see the full fruits of his vision.
Loved the documentary and the inmates. It gives hope for humanity.
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- The Quilters
- Locaciones de filmación
- Licking, Misuri, Estados Unidos(South Central Correctional Center)
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- Presupuesto
- USD 500,000 (estimado)
- Tiempo de ejecución33 minutos
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- 16:9 HD
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