Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman S02E06 - Alton City Escape
Summary:
Quawntay Adams, a young African American man from a South-Central Los Angeles gets caught up in a large-scale marijuana bust and is sentenced to a long prison term. When he finds out he is going to be a father, he determines to break out of his maximum-security cell--which he does.
Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman S2E6 Screenshot
TVMAZE INFO v1.5
Title: History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
Premiered: 2021
IMDB Link: https://imdb.com/title/tt13329976
TVMaze Link: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57813/historys
Episode Link: https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2972794/historys
Genre: History
Type: Documentary
User Rating: 7.3
Country: US
Language: English
Network: History
Status: Running
Premiered: 2021
Airdate: 2024-09-02
Plot: Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman is an eight-part series
from The HISTORY Channel hosted and executive produced by Morgan Freeman
The five-time Academy Award nominee and one-time Academy Award-winning actor
has appeared in hundreds of films and television roles. One of his most
famous and beloved performances was in Shawshank Redemption, a film focusing
on the exploits of a group of inmates inside the fictional Shawshank State
Penitentiary.In the series, Morgan will explore real-life prison breaks that
have captured the attention of the public. It's an up close and personal
view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break
outs. Famous escapes from Alcatraz, Dannemora, Pittsburgh State
Penitentiary and other locations are recreated with actors playing key
roles and interviews from some of the prisoners themselves, their families
their cell mates and from the guards and prison employees that tried to
prevent the escapes. Along with the interviews and recreations, the
series will utilize new software technology called Unreal Engine to
recreate with great verisimilitude the prisons themselves
