Music from the Big House 13 years old

Rita Chiarelli, an award-winning recording artist, has decided to take a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the blues—Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary a.k.a Angola Prison. She never imagined that her love of the blues would lead her to play with inmates serving life sentences for murder, rape and armed robbery. In what was once the bloodiest prison in America, inmates relatives will be invited to listen alongside other prisoners, to hear remarkable voices singing stories of hope and redemption. Let yourself be swept away by one of Blues’ most soulful pilgrim daughters who is finding out if music really is an escape.

Credits

Music from the Big House Cast

Name Character
Rita Chiarelli as herself

Music from the Big House Crew

Name Department
Bruce McDonald as Director. He was 53 (now 64) years old Directing
Music from the Big House poster
Music from the Big House (13 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, September 30, 2010
  • Runtime: 87 minutes