The Alabama Solution: Screening and Discussion
Inside one of the nation’s deadliest prison systems, incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up.
In 2019, filmmakers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman visited an Alabama prison, where, off camera, incarcerated men whispered a message: terrible things are going on and being kept secret. This reveal sparked an immersive six-year investigation to discover the reality behind one of the nation’s deadliest prison systems. With unprecedented access and video shot on contraband cell phones, the directors learn of a suspicious and violent death, which wasn’t an isolated incident – and that the official version appears far from the truth. A shocking story of brutality, corruption, and a system in collapse, The Alabama Solution shines a light on the inmates fighting for their survival who, against all odds, embark on a powerful campaign of resistance.
The Alabama Solution was nominated for best documentary feature at the 98th Academy Awards and received a 2025 Peabody Award. The investigative journalism behind the film was also recognized with the 2026 IRE Medal, the inaugural Special Citation for Documentary Film from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, and the 2026 Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism.
Join us post-screening for a conversation with filmmakers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 6:00 - 8:30pm
Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-alabama-solution-screening-and-discussion-tickets-2003119349898?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true.
Food will be served.
This event is sponsored by the Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights at Columbia University.
Columbia Journalism School, World Room, 3rd Floor, Pulitzer Hall, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027