Interview With "The Alabama Solution" Directors Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

"The Alabama Solution" is an independent American documentary film about the prison system in Alabama from the perspective of incarcerated inmates, from footage they recorded with contraband phones. The documentary, directed by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. Jarecki and Kaufman were kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their work and experience on making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, now playing in limited release and available to stream on HBO and HBO Max starting October 10th, from HBO Documentary Films. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.9	podcast, and this is my interview with the directors for the Alabama Solution, Andrew Jurecki and
1:07.4	Charlotte Kaufman. I know you're grieving, but I just, I want to tell you that your son was murdered.
1:14.3	They sweet stuff I made the rug all the time.
1:18.9	If you're a inmate in Alabama prison, you're probably praying every night that nothing bad happens to you.
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