Belly Of The Beast
A Documentary by Erika Cohn
100% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes
2021 EMMY WINNER FOR BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY
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Belly Of The Beast
Director: Erika Cohn Run time: 82 minutes Release Date: 03-01-2022 | SRP: $24.95 | CAT#: PRDVD4953 | UPC: 672975894801
Synopsis:
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. |
Awards:
Winner! Emmy Award 'Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary'
100% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Oscar Music Shortlist for “See What You’ve Done” by Mary J. Blige
4 Emmy Nominations, including Best Documentary
Nominated for the 2021 Peabody Awards; “Peabody Presents: Best in Documentary” is a co-production of Peabody Awards and PBS that premiered June 23 across PBS digital platforms.
100% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Oscar Music Shortlist for “See What You’ve Done” by Mary J. Blige
4 Emmy Nominations, including Best Documentary
Nominated for the 2021 Peabody Awards; “Peabody Presents: Best in Documentary” is a co-production of Peabody Awards and PBS that premiered June 23 across PBS digital platforms.
Press:
"'Belly of the Beast' does not reach for happy endings and is most absorbing in its thesis, which makes the stakes of this battle against human rights violations loud and clear."
- Lovia Gyarkye, New York Times
"A thrilling legal drama and heartbreaking depiction of devastating human rights violations that you can’t imagine happening in the 21st century."
- Katie Walsh, LA Times
"Demonstrates how exclusionary our social myths around motherhood and giving birth are."
- Bedatri D. Choudhury, Hyperallergic
Festivals:
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Double Exposure Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
Heartland Film Festival
Cucalorus Festival
- Lovia Gyarkye, New York Times
"A thrilling legal drama and heartbreaking depiction of devastating human rights violations that you can’t imagine happening in the 21st century."
- Katie Walsh, LA Times
"Demonstrates how exclusionary our social myths around motherhood and giving birth are."
- Bedatri D. Choudhury, Hyperallergic
Festivals:
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Double Exposure Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
Heartland Film Festival
Cucalorus Festival
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