Belly of the Beast
Belly of the Beast
Overview
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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Cast
Kelly Dillon
Cynthia Chandler
Corey Johnson
Courtney Hooks
Crew
Erika Cohn
Jean Kawahara
Brittney Shepherd
Patty Quillin
Erika Cohn
Mark Lipson
Lois Vossen
Sally Jo Fifer
Omar Fadel
Christen Hepuakoamana'a Marquez
Doree Friedman
Angela Tucker
