Inside one of Lebanon's toughest prisons, 45 inmates act out a parable about the failure of the criminal justice system

Filmmaker: Zeina Daccache

Drama therapist Zeina Daccache made headlines by doing the impossible: she got access to one of Lebanon's toughest men's prisons (Roumieh) to work with 45 inmates on an adaptation of Reginald Rose's play Twelve Angry Men.

After 15 months of rehearsals, the good and the great of Beirut society, from the prosecutor-general to the minister of interior, were invited to sit in a makeshift theatre and watch a group of convicted murderers, rapists and drug dealers act out a parable about the failure of the criminal justice system.

It was a life-changing experience for the inmates and a groundbreaking project which opened the doors to a usually closed world.