Movies that Build Community Series: The Alabama Solution, an Avon on Tour Program

Program Type:

Arts, Movies & Performances, Non-library Event

Age Group:

Teens (grades 6-12), Adults

Event Details

Screening of the 2025 documentary, The Alabama Solution, part of the Avon on Tour: Movies That Build Community program of film screenings at the Ferguson Library while the Avon undergoes renovations.

In 2019, filmmakers visit an Alabama prison to film a revival meeting. Off camera, incarcerated men whisper a message: Terrible things are going on here and being kept secret. This sparks an immersive six-year investigation to uncover the reality behind the walls of one of the nation's deadliest prison systems.

Screening will be followed by a Q&A with producer Alex Duran.

Rated TV-MA.

Teens and adults.

Register here.

Presented in partnership with the Avon Theatre.