Belly of the Beast (2020)

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Belly of the Beast
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When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in Californias womens prison system they take to the courtroom to wage a nearimpossible 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

Movie Details

On DVD & Blu-ray:March 1st, 2022 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Mark Lipson, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Blye Pagon Faust, Patty Quillin, Doree Friedman, Diane Philips
Production Companies:ITVS Idlewild Films Tribeca Film Institute Fork Films Chicken Egg Pictures Black Public Media BPM Independent Lens Women Make Movies