United States vs. O'Reilly

Producer: Michael O'Reilly

In 1991, my father was incarcerated in Allenwood Federal Prison camp ostensibly for real estate fraud. "UNITED STATES vs. OREILLY", takes its name from the federal case against him. This project began as an installation in Eastern State Penitentiary in 1998. It was then reconfigured and mounted at the Philadelphia Institute for Contemporary Art. In this edited version, we move back and forth between the material presented onscreen and the "behind the screen" performative aspect of the installation itself.

Michael O'Reilly is a composer and filmmaker. He is the recipient of fellowships from the NEA, PCA and the Pew Fellowships in the Arts and graduated from Temple University in 2000 with an MFA in Film and Media Arts.