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The Angola Prison Rodeo, staged at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is the longest running prison rodeo in the United States. It is held on one weekend in April and on every Sunday in October. On each occasion, thousands of visitors enter the prison complex. [1] Various prisoner organizations sell food at concession stands.
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo is a 1999 American short documentary film directed by Simeon Soffer. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Farm: Angola, USA is a 1998 award-winning documentary set in the notorious and largest American maximum-security prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. Loosely based on articles published in Life Sentences , drawn from the prison magazine, The Angolite , the film was directed and produced by Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus .
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The prison charges admission. Due to the rodeo's popularity, Angola built a 10,000-person stadium to support visitors; it opened in 2000. [167] As part of the prison rodeo, [168] the prison holds a semiannual Arts and Crafts Festival. [169] In 2010, it started the Angola Prison Horse Sale, also during the rodeo.
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