Film Couch #71: Indiana Jones and the Death Penalty

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 Film Couch #71: Indiana Jones and the Death Penalty
Check out Sprout.com's podcast this week. They discuss new IFC documentary from the maker of Hoop Dreams (Steve James) At The Death House Door, that chronicles the experience of Reverend Carrol Picketts, who was a minister to 95 inmates who were put to death on Texas' death row, and eventually became one of the leading advocates for abolishing the death penalty. It premieres Thursday on IFC at 9. [link]

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