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.
Jon Stryker
Executive Producer
Susan Sawyers
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Baxter
Executive Producer
Barbara Dobkin
Executive Producer
Eric Dobkin
Executive Producer
Julie Mehretu
Executive Producer
Arielle Amsalem
Editor
Slobodan Randjelovic
Executive Producer
Agnes Gund
Executive Producer
Mary Enoch
Executive Producer
Keri Shahidi
Executive Producer
Mickalene Thomas
Executive Producer
Adam Lewis
Executive Producer
Tanya Selvaratnam
Producer