VIDEO: An execution night in North carolina
While the primary focus of this project is photography, one documentary film has been made which features a tour of the North Carolina execution facilities, narrated by the death row warden.
In a prison walk-through, Warden Marvin Polk narrates the hour-by-hour preparation and implementation of an execution at North Carolina's Central Prison. The short film includes candid discussion by the warden about the role of doctors in lethal injections as well as his own feelings on overseeing the executions.
The footage was filmed during a media tour in November 2005, between the executions of Steven McHone (11/11/05) and Elias Syriani (11/18/05).
Posted online in 2007, the film has been viewed over one million times, and has been shown at several film festivals in the United States.
Length: 10 minutes. Release date: 2007
Trouble viewing? Watch directly through YouTube
VIDEO: An execution night in north carolina
While the primary focus of this project is photography, one documentary film has been made which features a tour of the North Carolina execution facilities, narrated by the death row warden.
Length: 10 minutes. Release date: 2007
Trouble viewing? Watch on YouTube
In a prison walk-through, Warden Marvin Polk narrates the hour-by-hour preparation and implementation of an execution at North Carolina's Central Prison. The short film includes candid discussion by the warden about the role of doctors in lethal injections as well as his own feelings on overseeing the executions.
The footage was filmed during a media tour in November 2005, between the executions of Steven McHone (11/11/05) and Elias Syriani (11/18/05).
Posted online in 2007, the film has been viewed over one million times, and has been shown at several film festivals in the United States.
Free Copies Available
A free DVD quality version is available for educators and activists for educational use. Email through the contact page to request a copy.
A partial list of organizations and schools that have used the video include:
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Loyola University
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- Arizona State University
- World Congress Against the Death Penalty
- Florida's State Government
- California State University
- Linz International School in Austria
- Center for Death Penalty Litigation
- American University in Washington, DC
- Texas Public Defender's Office in El Paso, Texas
- Department of Justice Services in Richmond, Virginia
- University of Missouri
- New York High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety
- Kaplan College
- University of Massachusetts
- Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
- University of California, Berkeley
- Istituto Alberghiero in Italy
- Lutheran Episcopal Services
- Dozens of state and national anti-death penalty organizations
- Various high schools and colleges across the U.S.
Free Copies Available
A free DVD quality version is available for educators and activists for educational use. Email through the contact page to request a copy.
A partial list of organizations and schools that have used the video include:
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Loyola University
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- Arizona State University
- World Congress Against the Death Penalty
- Florida's State Government
- California State University
- Linz International School in Austria
- Center for Death Penalty Litigation
- American University in Washington, DC
- Texas Public Defender's Office in El Paso, Texas
- Department of Justice Services in Richmond, Virginia
- University of Missouri
- New York High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety
- Kaplan College
- University of Massachusetts
- Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
- University of California, Berkeley
- Istituto Alberghiero in Italy
- Lutheran Episcopal Services
- Dozens of state and national anti-death penalty organizations
- Various high schools and colleges across the U.S.