Penitentiary Movie Review 1979

A realistic story of a black fighter who survives his prison incarceration by winning bouts against the other prisoners. Well-made and executed, followed by two progressively worse sequels.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 99 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Men in Prison, Boxing, African America

Screenplay

Jamaa Fanaka

Cast

Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jamaa Fanaka, Badja (Medu) Djola, Chuck "Porky" Mitchell

Cinematography

Marty Ollstein

Director

Jamaa Fanaka

Producer

Jerry Gross