Songs from the Hole(2024)

97 min · Documentary, Drama, Music · Directed by Contessa Gayles

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Sentenced to life in prison at 15, musician JJ'88 finds hope by writing songs during solitary confinement in this award-winning documentary visual album.

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US release dates

Premiere: March 9, 2024
Digital: August 13, 2025

Cast

James "JJ'88" JacobsSelf
Indigo MateoSelf
richie reseda

Crew

Contessa GaylesDirector, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
James "JJ'88" JacobsWriter
Michelle KwongDirector of Photography
Princess A. HairstonEditor
Rafe Scobey-ThalEditor