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Johnny Cash: The Story of Folsom Prison

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27/11/2009

BBC Four - Johnny Cash: The Story of Folsom Prison

Documentary exploring Johnny Cash's concert at Folsom State Prison in California in 1968.

Documentary exploring the most important day in Johnny Cash's career, a concert at Folsom State Prison in California in January 1968 that touched a nerve in the American psyche.

Documentary which explores the most important day in the career of the legendary Johnny Cash. 

Cash's concert at Folsom State Prison in California in January 1968 touched a raw nerve in the American psyche and made him a national hero at a troubled time in American history. 

Using the stark images of rock photographer Jim Marshall, graphic techniques, archive footage and interviews with Merle Haggard, Cash's daughter Rosanne, band members Marshall Grant and WS 'Fluke' Holland, alongside former inmates of the prison, the film documents this explosive concert, the live album that followed and a transformative moment in the lives of Cash, the inmates of Folsom Prison and the American nation in the troubled year of 1968.

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