May 17 Thu
  1. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Documentary

    Starts 5/17/2018 at 7:00 PM EDT
    Ends 5/18/2018 at 12:00 AM EDT
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    @ 122 EAST CHATHAM, CARY, NC, 27511, United States
    2008
    90 minutes
    Not Rated
    Documentary

    Johnny Cash scored one of his first singles in 1956 with "Folsom Prison Blues," and the song branded Cash with the indelible image of an outlaw who knew the price of living on the wrong side of society.

    By 1968, Cash was still a star, but he was a man with something to prove as he sought to rise from a career slump brought on by a battle with drugs that took a toll on his body and spirit.

    That year, Cash performed a concert for the inmates of California's Folsom Prison, and the show was recorded for a live album. Cash delivered one of the greatest performances of his life that day, stark and heartfelt and full of empathy for the broken souls listening to his music, and the album that resulted was a surprise hit, re-establishing Cash as one of country music's most powerful and respected artists.

    Filmmaker Bestor Cram offers an in-depth look at Cash's famous Folsom Prison show and the people who helped to make it possible in the documentary Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison, which combines recordings of the show with rare still photos and interviews with Cash's friends, colleagues and bandmates.
    Screenwriter Michael Streissguth will be our featured guest at this showing.
    Michael Streissguth is the author of eight books, including Johnny Cash: The Biography, and he has produced three documentary films.  A fourth documentary film about CBS News’ historic coverage of 1989’s Tiananmen Square uprising is in production.  His writing has appeared in The Washington Post Magazine, Salon, Rolling Stone,The Irish Times, and many other publications.  He is a professor in the Department of Communication and Film Studies at Le Moyne College.

     

     

     

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    Will call tickets may be picked up at The Cary Theater box office beginning one hour prior to the screening.