Hamptons Doc Fest, which concluded its 16th year last week, has announced that "26.2 to Life," a documentary by Christine Yoo, has won its audience award for best documentary feature.
The film explores the crisis of incarceration through the stories of three men serving life sentences at San Quentin State Prison in California. In an effort to better themselves, the men in the 1,000 Mile Club, assisted by volunteer coaches from the community, train for a unique marathon consisting of 105 laps around an uneven concrete-and-dirt path in the crowded prison yard.
The film, which is being shown every day in California's prisons, has made Variety's list of the top 20 documentaries predicted to win an Oscar nomination.
Below are some other scenes from the weeklong festival.
of their film “In the Company of Rose.”
