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Belly of the beast / Women Make Movies ; Idle Wild Films presents a co-production with ITVS ; a film by Erika Cohn ; directed & produced by Erika Cohn ; produced by Angela Tucker, Christen Marquez, Nicole Docta.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Involuntary sterilization--California.
- Involuntary sterilization.
- Women prisoners--Medical care--California.
- Women prisoners.
- Informed consent (Medical law)--California.
- Informed consent (Medical law).
- Race discrimination--California.
- Race discrimination.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (81 min.)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Women Make Movies, [2020]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Participant:
- Featuring: Kelli Dillon, Cynthia Chandler.
- Credits:
- Editing, Tchavdar Georgiev, Jean Kawahara; cinematography, Clare Major, Bianca Travis Cline; music, Omar Fadel.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 18, 2024).
- Publisher Number:
- wm-belly Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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