Steve Earle, Prison, Y Tu Mama Tambien

Studio 360

Art gets twenty to life: host Kurt Andersen and musician Steve Earle explore the powerful connections between art and prison. We hear music that grew out of the Attica Prison uprising 30 years ago. The novelist Eddie Bunker writes about his two decades in lockup. And a controversial Mexican road movie hits American screens.

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