For decades, California prisons carried out a practice of ordering certain inmates into solitary confinement, indefinitely and without due process. In 2013, a small group of protesters began a hunger strike at the high-security Pelican Bay Prison.

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THE STRIKE tells the story of how that movement spread to prisons across the state, ultimately involving over 30,000 incarcerated individuals of diverse backgrounds. The film, which just premiered on PBS’s Independent Lens series, highlights the transformative power of collective organizing.

Watch THE STRIKE on the PBS Independent Lens website, and watch our interview.