Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

Bestor Cram
2008-10-18

Out of Darkness, Comes Light
8
60 min

Cash's concert at Folsom State Prison in California in January 1968 touched a raw nerve in the American psyche and made him a national hero at a troubled time in American history. Using the stark images of rock photographer Jim Marshall, graphic techniques, archive footage and interviews with Merle Haggard, Cash's daughter Rosanne, band members Marshall Grant and WS 'Fluke' Holland, alongside former inmates of the prison, the film documents this explosive concert, the live album that followed and a transformative moment in the lives of Cash, the inmates of Folsom Prison and the American nation in the troubled year of 1968.

Cast

Name Character Team
Johnny Cash Self Unowned
June Carter Cash Self Unowned
Merle Haggard Self Unowned
Marty Stuart Self Unowned
John Carter Cash Self Unowned
Marshall Grant Self Unowned
Rosanne Cash Self Unowned
Jim Marshall Unowned