{"id":28603,"date":"2012-04-25T12:20:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T16:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=28603"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:55:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:55:21","slug":"hot-docs-hermans-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/04\/25\/hot-docs-hermans-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Docs: Herman&#8217;s House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/04\/25\/hot-docs-hermans-house\/hermans_house_5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28604\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-28604\" title=\"Hermans_House_5\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/04\/Hermans_House_5-600x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/04\/Hermans_House_5-600x381.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/04\/Hermans_House_5.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Herman\u2019s House <\/em>follows the friendship and working relationship of artist and activist Jackie Summell and Herman Wallace, a Louisiana prisoner who had been in solitary confinement for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>The architecture of Wallace\u2019s existence\u20146 feet by 9 feet\u2014are horrifying to Jackie, and she begins working with Herman to articulate, and then visualize, the dimensions of his dream home. Their deep, respectful friendship is filmed over five years as Jackie mounts and tours with \u201cHerman\u2019s House,\u201d an exhibit contrasting Herman\u2019s day-to-day reality with a scale model of his own design. At a certain point, the exhibit is deemed insufficient, and Jackie and Herman decide she should buy a plot of land and build his house while he awaits parole.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Solitary confinement being what it is, Herman never appears in his own film, but his rich voice comes to us through frequent phone calls with Jackie. Herman\u2019s thoughtful views on violence, family, and perseverance are both a balm and a motivation for Jackie as she traverses the streets of New Orleans, looking for the right plot of land.<\/p>\n<p><em>Herman\u2019s House <\/em>is hopeful in its concreteness. Issues of racial injustice, poverty, and cruel incarceration practices are always present, but the film\u2019s fairly tight focus on Jackie\u2019s relationship with Herman and goals on his behalf make it a wonderfully personal story.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotdocs.ca\/film\/title\/hermans_house\">Herman\u2019s House<\/a><\/em> screens this Friday (April 27), next Wednesday (May 2), and next Sunday (May 6).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herman\u2019s House follows the friendship and working relationship of artist and activist Jackie Summell and Herman Wallace, a Louisiana prisoner who had been in solitary confinement for more than 30 years. 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