Belly of the Beast | 2020 Heartland International Film Festival

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This film was one of five Finalists in competition for the Grand Prize for Best Documentary Feature and $20,000.

When an unlikely duo discovers illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons, they wage a near impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. Filmed over seven years, with extraordinary access and intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated people, "Belly of the Beast" exposes modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons.

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Festivals and Awards

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

rePRO Film Festival

Film Contact

Idle Wild Films

info@bellyofthebeastfilm.com

Year
2020
Runtime
81 minutes
Language
English
Country
U.S.
Rating
Language, Sexual Assault/Abuse

Director
Erika Cohn
Producer
Angela Tucker, Christen Marquez, Nicole Docta, Erika Cohn
Executive Producer
Geralyn Dreyfous, Blye Faust, Mark Lipson, Patty Quillin, Doree Friedman, Diane Philips, Lois Vossen, Sally Jo Fifer
Cast
Kelli Dillon, Cynthia Chandler, Corey Johnson, Courtney Hooks

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Belly of the Beast

When an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons, they wage a near impossible battle against the Department of Corrections.