In 1979, Cornell “Nate” Alston was convicted of Murder in the Second Degree at the age of 19. He would spend the next 33 years in prison. This is Nate’s decade-long story of anger: how it manifested, where it led, and how he eventually found peace. Nate recounts his childhood fraught with loss & pain, his angry adolescence & years in prison to a backdrop of cubist videos. The collaged B-roll poetically portrays Young Nate’s reality as fractured by anger, confusion & hate. What follows is a simple story of transcendence.

33 Years is a blend of storytelling, filmmaking & art. This experimental documentary was created in collaboration between directors Julian Klepper & Nic Koller and the film’s narrator, Nate Alston.