Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (2008)
Out of Darkness, Comes Light
90 min
Cash's concert at Folsom State Prison in California in January 1968 touched a raw nerve in the American psyche and made him a national hero at a troubled time in American history. Using the stark images of rock photographer Jim Marshall, graphic techniques, archive footage and interviews with Merle Haggard, Cash's daughter Rosanne, band members Marshall Grant and WS 'Fluke' Holland, alongside former inmates of the prison, the film documents this explosive concert, the live album that followed and a transformative moment in the lives of Cash, the inmates of Folsom Prison and the American nation in the troubled year of 1968.
- Release date
- October 18, 2008
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $717,000
Cast
- Gene Beley as Self
- Jim Brown as Self
- John Carter Cash as Self
- Rosanne Cash as Self
- Millard Dedmon as Self
- Marshall Grant as Self
- Earl Green as Self
- Merle Haggard as Self
Crew
- June Carter Cash · Archive footage
- Johnny Cash · Archive footage
- Bestor Cram · Director
- Michael Streissguth · Writer
- Bestor Cram · Producer
- Michael Streissguth · Producer
- Miguelangel Aponte-Rios · Cinematographer
- Bestor Cram · Cinematographer
- Tim Raycroft · Editor