Belly of the Beast
(2021, original release: 2020)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
Women Make Movies, 2020
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
12120413
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal sterilizations in California’s women’s prisons, they 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 inadequate health care to sexual assault to coercive sterilizations -- primarily targeting women of color. This shocking legal drama captured over 7-years features extraordinary access and intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated people, demanding attention to a shameful and ongoing legacy of eugenics and reproductive injustice in the United States. BELLY OF THE BEAST is a co-production of Belly of the Beast LLC, Idle Wild Films Inc., Black Public Media (BPM) and Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Film

In Process Record

Corey Johnson, Courtney Hooks, Cynthia Chandler, Kelli Dillon, Melody Nickles, Theresa Martinez

Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2020

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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