20% of the proceeds from this virtual cinema presentation will benefit Emancipate NC. Through community education, narrative shift, and idea incubation, Emancipate NC supports North Carolina's people as they free themselves from mass incarceration and structural racism.
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.
- Year2020
- LanguageEnglish
- DirectorErika Cohn
- ProducerAngela Tucker, Christen Marquez, Nicole Docta
- Executive ProducerGeralyn Dreyfous, Byle Faust, Mark Lipson, Patty Quillin, Doree Friedman, Diane Philips, Lois Vossen, Sally Jo Fifer
- CinematographerClare Major, Bianca Travis Cline
20% of the proceeds from this virtual cinema presentation will benefit Emancipate NC. Through community education, narrative shift, and idea incubation, Emancipate NC supports North Carolina's people as they free themselves from mass incarceration and structural racism.
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.
- Year2020
- LanguageEnglish
- DirectorErika Cohn
- ProducerAngela Tucker, Christen Marquez, Nicole Docta
- Executive ProducerGeralyn Dreyfous, Byle Faust, Mark Lipson, Patty Quillin, Doree Friedman, Diane Philips, Lois Vossen, Sally Jo Fifer
- CinematographerClare Major, Bianca Travis Cline