Albert Woodfox on Music & Social Change

Date of interview: March 18, 2019

Albert Woodfox is from New Orleans, Louisiana.
He is the longest held solitary confinement prisoner in US history, having served 43 years in isolation for a crime he did not commit.
Released in 2016, Woodfox has been touring the world to speak out about the tortures of solitary confinement.
On March 05, 2019, he released an autobiography entitled "Solitary."
Later that month, Die Jim Crow producer Fury Young met Albert at his New Orleans home to record his voice for a song about the tortures of solitary. Afterwards, they filmed this interview.

Read more at: https://diejimcrow.com/xxvi-the-albert-woodfox-session

Interview / Camera / Edit / Sound
Fury Young

"SHU"*
Composed & Performed by Michael Tenneson
Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, April 2018
Lyrics by Albert Woodfox

*Later titled "'8788" and released on Territorial's Tlaxihuiqui. Albert's recording is yet to be released as of now.

Thank you:
Albert Woodfox
Leslie George
Laura Abel
Hannah Marek
dr. Israel
Alizah Brozgold
Michael Tenneson

Black Panthers logo by Emory Douglas.

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