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Mothers of Bedford / Women Make Movies ; directed and produced by Jenifer McShane.
The Women Make Movies Non-Exclusive Collection (Docuseek) Available online
The Women Make Movies Non-Exclusive Collection (Docuseek)- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (N.Y.).
- Women prisoners--Family relationships--New York (State)--Bedford Hills.
- Women prisoners--New York (State)--Bedford Hills.
- Children of women prisoners--Services for--New York (State)--Bedford Hills.
- Mother and child.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (97 min.)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Women Make Movies, [2011]
- System Details:
- System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- Summary:
- Women are the fastest-growing U.S. prison population today. Eighty percent are mothers of school-age children. Jenifer McShane's absorbing documentary gives human dimensions to these rarely reported statistics, taking us inside Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison north of New York City. Shot over four years, MOTHERS OF BEDFORD follows five women - of diverse backgrounds and incarcerated for different reasons- in dual struggles to be engaged in their children's lives and become their better selves. It shows how long-term sentences affect mother-child relationships and how Bedford's innovative Children's Center helps women maintain and improve bonds with children and adult relatives awaiting their return. Whether it be parenting's normal frustrations to celebrating a special day, from both inside and out of the prison walls, this moving film provides unprecedented access to a little known, rarely shown, community of women.
- Participant:
- Featuring Elaine Roulet.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Christopher Walters ; editor, Toby Shimin ; composer, Peter Rundquist.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 22, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1347122956
- Publisher Number:
- wm-mob Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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