30 minutes with a man who knows exactly when he'll die.
Peter Lindbergh‘s powerful portrait of Elmer Carrol, a death row inmate.
Direction
Lindbergh's restraint lets silence scream louder than words.
Cinematography
Prison fluorescent hell transformed into accidental chiaroscuro.
Director
Peter Lindbergh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Lindbergh, legendary fashion photographer, made this his only documentary after becoming obsessed with Texas death row journalism. He shot it in a single afternoon with no crew, just himself and a camera.
The film premiered at Venice alongside 'Into the Abyss'—Werner Herzog's death row documentary—creating an accidental 2011 double bill that reignited festival conversations about documentary ethics and the gaze.
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