Series VIII. Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island and Beat Down: The Case of Raymond Alvarez, 1986-2000, inclusive

This series covers two related films in terms of subject matter, Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island and Beat Down: The Case of Raymond Alvarez, both released circa 1994. Lock-Up is about life inside Rikers. It focuses on the the Nancy Figuerora hospital ward and the incarcerated individual James Mirabel, who was born in a prison and later died in one. Materials related to the film's production, marketing, and screening include a scrapbook, poster, photographs and negatives, and film elements (such as master copies, audio interviews, and certain scenes) on various media. Beat Down follows Raymond Alvarez, another incarcerated individual at Rikers Island who was the victim of correctional officers' brutality. Materials related to the production and screening of the film consist of correspondence with Alvarez, audio interviews, a master video recording, and film festival programs.