Belly of the Beast

82 mins
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.

Clare Major

Director of Photography

Greg Lanesey

Digital Intermediate Producer

Erika Cohn

Director

Mark Lipson

Executive Producer

Geralyn White Dreyfous

Executive Producer

Patty Quillin

Executive Producer

Doree Friedman

Executive Producer

Nicole Docta

Producer

Blye Pagon Faust

Executive Producer

Diane Philips

Executive Producer

Erika Cohn

Producer

Lois Vossen

Executive Producer

Sally Jo Fifer

Executive Producer

Bianca Cline

Director of Photography

Danielle Dupre

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Danielle Dupre

Supervising Sound Editor

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