Filmed inside a maximum-security U.S. state prison, this 2017 feature-length documentary follows civilians and convicts as they participate in a group therapy program.

Would you volunteer to undergo four consecutive days of intensive group therapy inside a prison, with a group that includes dozens of high-security inmates?

Twice a year, that is what groups of male civilians agree to do, attending the male California State Prison to participate in rehabilitative organization Inside Circle's prison program.

Following the therapeutic journey of a select number of civilians and convicts, The Work is an award-winning fly-on-the-wall documentary.

Co-directors Gethin Aldous and Jairus McLeary were given intimate access to the program. They edited 300 hours of footage to create a feature-length documentary that primarily takes place in a single room inside the prison's chapel.