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Belly of the Beast (2020) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 11, 2020

Original Title:
Belly of the Beast

Alternate Titles:
Na Barriga da Besta

Genres:
Documentary | Drama

Production Companies:
Black Public Media (BPM)
Chicken & Egg Films
Fork Films
ITVS
Idlewild Films
Independent Lens
Tribeca Film Institute
Women Make Movies

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 82

Overview from TheMovieDB

When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system, they take to the courtroom to 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 dangerously inadequate health care to sexual assault to coercive sterilizations - primarily targeting women of color. But no one believes them. This shocking legal drama captured over seven years features extraordinary access and intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated women, demanding our attention to a shameful and ongoing legacy of eugenics and reproductive injustice in the United States.

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Co-Producer:
Brittney Shepherd

Digital Intermediate Producer:
Greg Lanesey

Director:
Erika Cohn

Director of Photography:
Clare Major
Bianca Cline

Editor:
Tchavdar Georgiev
Jean Kawahara

Executive Producer:
Mark Lipson
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Patty Quillin
Doree Friedman
Blye Pagon Faust
Diane Philips
Lois Vossen
Sally Jo Fifer

Music:
Omar Fadel

Producer:
Angela Tucker
Christen Hepuakoamana'a Marquez
Nicole Docta
Erika Cohn

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