Ghosts...of the civil dead - 1988 - NTSC - [John Hillcoat] (AU)

Ghosts… is set in Central Industrial Prison, a maximum security prison in the middle of the desert. An outbreak of violence within the prison has resulted in a total lockdown. A committee is appointed by the prison’s governors to investigate the cause of the outbreak, but their findings are in stark contrast to the facts behind the riot. As the viewers see, both the prisoners and the guards are slowly and deliberately brutalised, manipulated and provoked into the forthcoming eruption of violence, to justify the construction of a new and more “secure” facility.

Directed by John Hillcoat. The script was written by Hillcoat, producer Evan English, Gene Conkie, and musicians Nick Cave and Hugo Race. It is in part based on the true story of Jack Henry Abbott.

Full Screen

English Audio 2.0