San Francisco Bay Guardian named "Alcatraz Reunion" among its weekly picks in its June 10th edition. (The award-winning documentary kicks off the San Francisco United Film Festival on opening night - Friday, 7:00pm, June 12th at the Roxie Theatre in downtown San Francisco).
Here's the full review:
Travelers flock to Alcatraz, buying T-shirts emblazoned with one-liners like "Psycho Ward Outpatient" and "Alcatraz Swim Team." The island's mystique and reputation keeps them coming back. After all, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Whitey Bulger, and Al Capone all called Alcatraz "home" at one time or another. In Alcatraz Reunion, as the prison's 70th anniversary approaches, award-winning filmmaker John Paget invites former alumni back to the fortress. Planning an unconventional reunion of epic proportions, he sets out on a cross-country road trip to track down ex-inmates and correctional officers, all while exploring the ins and outs of Alcatraz and its transformation from infamous state penitentiary to lauded tourist attraction. Just goes to show that one person's prison is another's paradise. (Laura Swanbeck)
7 p.m., $10
Roxie Cinema
3117 16th St., SF
(415) 863-1087
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