Paint Me a Road Out of Here

The 50 year journey of women at Rikers Jail and a painting that leads the way out

90 mins
In 1971, underestimated artist Faith Ringgold made a monumental painting for the women incarcerated at Rikers Island jail called “For the Women’s House.” Fifty years later, artist Mary Baxter, who at the age of twenty-five gave birth in prison, finds herself banding together with an eccentric bunch of activists, politicians, artists, corrections officers, and Faith Ringgold to free the painting with the ultimate goal of freeing the women.

Yara Shahidi

Executive Producer

Jon Stryker

Executive Producer

Susan Sawyers

Executive Producer

Elizabeth Baxter

Executive Producer

Barbara Dobkin

Executive Producer

Eric Dobkin

Executive Producer

Julie Mehretu

Executive Producer

Melony Lewis

Executive Producer

Geralyn White Dreyfous

Executive Producer

Slobodan Randjelovic

Executive Producer

Agnes Gund

Executive Producer

Mary Enoch

Executive Producer

Keri Shahidi

Executive Producer

Mickalene Thomas

Executive Producer

Adam Lewis

Executive Producer

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