THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT

Based on a true story, The Stanford Prison Experiment shows what happens when a college psychology study goes horribly wrong. It is 1971, and a college psychology professor at Stanford University decides to stage an experiment to demonstrate how situation shapes behavior. Twenty-four male students are recruited to play the roles of prisoner and prison guard—what follows is an excursion into the shadowy depths of the human psyche, as the students’ conduct towards one another quickly devolves. Shocking in its revelation, The Stanford Prison Experiment is a fascinating account of a strange event that still holds relevance in its study of human behavior.

Dir: Kyle Patrick Alvarez / 2015 / US / 122 min / DCP

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