U.S. label Vinegar Syndrome has confirmed that it is preparing for Blu-ray release of brand new 4K restoration of Jamaa Fanaka's blaxploitation thriller
Penitentiary (1979), starring Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thommy Pollard, Donovan Womack, Badja Djola, Hazel Spears, and Chuck Mitchell. The release will be available for purchase in January.
Synopsis: Hitchhiker Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone (Leon Isaac Kennedy) gets a lift from prostitute Linda (Hazel Spears) in her van and travels with her to meet her clients. After a fight breaks out with the men, Gordone is knocked unconscious and awakens to find he has been wrongly charged with murder. As a way to protect himself in prison, Gordone starts fighting other inmates. This leads him to discover an underground boxing tournament, with the top prize being a prison release.