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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 11, 2020

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Countries

United States of America

Production

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

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt11454670