Womens Prison Movies

  • 2018
    Sister Hearts

    Sister Hearts

    Sister Hearts

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    Maryam Henderson-Uloho spent thirteen years in prison in Louisiana, seven in solitary confinement. After her release she struggled to find housing or...

    Sister Hearts
  • 2013
    Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald

    Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald

    Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald

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    Trevor McDonald goes to Rockville Correctional Facility in Indiana to speak with some of the women that live there.

    Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald
  • 1965
    Women's Prison

    Women's Prison

    Women's Prison

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    Women's Prison recounts the life of the prisoners and the problems their families encounter in their struggle to survive. Here again filmmaker Kamran...

    Women's Prison
  • 1983
    When Women Kill

    When Women Kill

    When Women Kill

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    When Women Kill is a poignant documentary exploring the shocking violence that seven women fell victim to at the hands of men. The program profiles th...

    When Women Kill
  • 1993
    In Paradisum

    In Paradisum

    In Paradisum

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    In Paradisum relates two disturbing stories simultaneously. The female narrator tells her personal tale of imprisonment as the wife of the notorious E...

    In Paradisum
  • 2008
    Violetas

    Violetas

    Violetas

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    Emma is 50 years old and twenty who acts corrections officer. Her life revolves around the jail where he works and her home. Without leaving his lonel...

    Violetas
  • 2008
    Of Monsters and Skirts

    Of Monsters and Skirts

    Of Monsters and Skirts

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    Libertad, Enriqueta, Maricarmen and Albert evoke the years when their mothers and his aunt stayed in Les Corts jail, times of innocence, hopelessness...

    Of Monsters and Skirts
  • 2003
    Final Detention

    Final Detention

    Final Detention

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    Having been sentenced to death for murdering their husbands or boyfriends several women from all walks of life are transported to a notorious island p...

    Final Detention
  • 2004
    Die Kinder sind tot

    Die Kinder sind tot

    Die Kinder sind tot

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    A documentary exploring a crime that shocked Germany in the summer of 1999.

    Die Kinder sind tot
  • 1960
    Internees of Kampili

    Internees of Kampili

    Internees of Kampili

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    In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied w...

    Internees of Kampili
  • 1982
    The Black Pearl

    The Black Pearl

    The Black Pearl

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    Women are beaten, raped, tortured and killed in brutal prison.

    The Black Pearl
  • 2015
    Fuori

    Fuori

    Fuori

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    Fuori
  • 2017
    Cages

    Cages

    Cages

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    The final months of pregnancy and the first ones after the birth of a baby are unique experiences in a woman's life. And when this daily life is lived...

    Cages
  • 2017
    Máma z basy

    Máma z basy

    Máma z basy

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    Máma z basy
  • 2024
    Like a Rose

    Like a Rose

    Like a Rose

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    A short documentary from 1975 about two women serving 25 years in a Missouri penitentiary. Made with an all-female crew.

    Like a Rose