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The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo (1999)

Directed by Simeon Soffer · 30 min · Documentary

0.2 TOPICAL score · #6,753 of 6,776 films

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The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo is a 1999 American short documentary film directed by Simeon Soffer. It focuses primarily on the inmates experiences in the rodeo. For a lot of those prisoners, the rodeo seems to be the only thing they have to look forward to. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo (1999, directed by Simeon Soffer) has a TOPICAL score of 0.2 - ranked 6,753 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and lasting engagement, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 8.5/10 (2 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages.

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