The Work (film)
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- Alice Henty
- Eon McLeary
- Jairus McLeary
- Miles McLeary
- Angela Sostre
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| Directed by | Jairus McLeary |
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| Cinematography | Arturo Santamaria |
| Edited by | Amy Foote |
| Music by | Adrian Miller |
Production company | Blanketfort Media[1] |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5,853[2] |
The Work is a 2017 American documentary film following three civilians on a four-day group therapy retreat with men who are incarcerated at Folsom State Prison. The film is the directorial debut of Jairus McLeary and was co-directed by Gethin Aldous. Jairus McLeary produced the film with Alice Henty and his brothers Eon McLeary and Miles McLeary.
- Jairus McLeary – director, producer
- Gethin Aldous – co-director, executive producer
- James McLeary – executive producer
- Alice Henty – producer
- Eon McLeary – producer
- Miles McLeary – producer
- Angela Sostre – producer
- Arturo Santamaria – director of photography
- Mathew Rudenberg – camera operator
- Amy Foote – editor
- Tom Curley – sound designer
Production
The Work centers on three civilians participating in a four-day group therapy retreat in Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California. The retreat is run by the Inside Circle Foundation, a non-profit organization of which James McLeary, the McLeary brothers' father and a psychologist, is chief executive officer and the retreat's organizer.[3] Eon, Jairus, and Miles had volunteered in the program for over seven years, starting in 2001,[4][5] and were eventually granted permission by Folsom's inmates to film there.[3]
The film was shot in 2009 and 2010,[6] and over 300 hours of footage was recorded by the time post-production began.[7] Gethin Aldous, a "friend of a friend of a friend" of the McLearys, was brought in as a co-director in 2014 or 2015 after the McLearys insisted he do the program first. Aldous introduced the McLearys to editor Amy Foote, producer Alice Henty, and assistant editor Mike Vass who rounded out the post-production crew.[6]