The new film tracks his work and his process in a maximum-security California prison, a Rio de Janeiro favela, at the Mexican-U.S. border and a French ghetto: 'Doing that project was for them a life-changing thing.'
In the Morro da Providência favela in Rio de Janeiro , JR plastered images of women who help life persevere in the neighborhood amid drug dealing and violence, part of hisseries. The film also takes viewers to Les Bosquets, a ghetto that arose amid abandoned buildings in the suburbs of Paris and which erupted in riots in 2005.
One of those people is Kevin Walsh, who was photographed for the prison project showing the prominent swastika tattoo that he had on his face. Over the last couple of years, JR and Walsh stayed in touch. A few days ago, Walsh was released from prison and JR spent the last week with him
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