Belly of the Beast
When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system, they take to the courtroom to wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. With a growing team of investigators inside prison working with colleagues on the outside, they uncover a series of statewide crimes - from dangerously inadequate health care to sexual assault to coercive sterilizations - primarily targeting women of color. But no one believes them. This shocking legal drama captured over seven years features extraordinary access and intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated women, demanding our attention to a shameful and ongoing legacy of eugenics and reproductive injustice in the United States.
Year: 2020
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Studio: ITVS, Idlewild Films, Tribeca Film Institute, Fork Films, Chicken & Egg Films, Black Public Media, Independent Lens, Women Make Movies
Director: Erika Cohn
Cast: Kelly Dillon, Cynthia Chandler, Corey Johnson, Courtney Hooks
Crew: Clare Major (Director of Photography), Greg Lanesey (Digital Intermediate Producer), Erika Cohn (Director), Mark Lipson (Executive Producer), Angela Tucker (Producer), Geralyn White Dreyfous (Executive Producer)
Runtime: 82 minutes
Release: Jun 11, 2020
IMDb: 7.50/10 by 4 users
Popularity: 4
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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