Genres
Production Companies
Idlewild Films
Tribeca Film Institute
Fork Films
Chicken & Egg Films
Black Public Media
Independent Lens
Women Make Movies
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.
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Clare Major, Bianca Cline
Director: Erika Cohn
Top Cast
Videos
BELLY OF THE BEAST Documentary Film Trailer
