(Last Supper)

Content: Today, the ritual of giving the last supper to the condemned person has been detached from its origin, and can be perceived to be as absurd as the punishment it accompanies. Mats Bigert & Lars Bergström's film “The Last Supper” focuses on this discrepancy between historical “meaning” and contemporary use of a tradition that has lost its connection with the past. The main character is the former death row chef Brian Price, who reconstructs one of the 200 final meals that he prepared during his time as inmate in Huntsville State Prison, Texas.

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Documentary

Runtime:

57 minutes

Year:

2005

Directors:

Mats Bigert

Actors:

Former Death Row Chef

Director of Food Studies

Former Death Row Prisoner

Buddhist Monk

Prison Chaplain

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Director

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