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In this bold reimagining of one of history’s most controversial social experiments, thirty willing participants enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. Thrust into a system of power, hierarchy, and control, they’ll discover whether ordinary people inevitably conform to the roles they’re given—or whether empathy, morality, and individuality can withstand the forces pushing them in the opposite direction. As the pressure builds and the balance of power begins to shift, the central question feels more urgent than ever: Does power corrupt?
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00:03I have no idea what to expect.
00:06This is going to test my temper, test my patience with people.
00:11Worst case scenario, my inner monster is stronger than I thought it was.
00:19In the early 70s, an infamous psychological experiment was conducted, the Stanford Prison Experiment.
00:26It had 24 college students as participants.
00:31Half of them were assigned as guards.
00:33The other half, inmates.
00:37What would happen if we re-ran this experiment?
00:4130 participants, all from diverse backgrounds.
00:44Inside a real prison facility.
00:49It is like teleporting into a completely different world.
00:56What am I doing here?
01:01Does power corrupt?
01:03On the ground!
01:04Double time now!
01:05I repeat, on the ground.
01:07Do you want me to get on my face and put my hands on my hands?
01:10That's ridiculous, bro.
01:11At any given time, we can all rise up.
01:14It's 20 of us.
01:15Are we listening to them?
01:19Fortune favors both.
01:21What should we do with power?
01:23We are locking you guys down for 23 hours.
01:27Let it rot in there.
01:28What should we do when we don't have power?
01:30Don't piss me off, dude.
01:31What are you gonna do?
01:34What is real and what's pretend?
01:36I'm gonna make it hell for you, bro.
01:37This isn't real life!
01:39I'm gonna snap on somebody.
01:40He might end up trying to kill me.
01:42They're actually convinced they're real prisoners.
01:44Lock me up the cell for another 30 days.
01:48We went too far.
01:49I think we made a mistake.

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