Filmed over the course of four seasons at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, LA, THE FARM follows the lives of six prison inmates who convey their own personal stories of life, death, and survival in a world that few manage to ever leave. Nominated for an Oscar in 1998, THE FARM won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards, Best Documentary Film of 1998 from the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle and the LA Critics Association, as well as the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.