In 2017, Atlanta-based Grammy-winner Speech, from the hip-hop crew Arrested Development, traveled to Virginia
with the goal of recording an album behind bars. In a small concrete room on the jail’s 6th floor, Speech met with
four men in the REAL program—Teddy, Anthony, Devonte and Garland—listened to their stories and collaborated
with them on original compositions and lyrics. The process, captured by Brooklyn-based filmmakers at Resonant
Pictures, became the documentary film “16 Bars.”
