The Grey Area: Feminism behind Bars
- Year
- 2012
- Description
- Documents a class on feminism taught by students from the Liberal Arts in Prison Program at Grinnell College to inmates at the maximum security Iowa Correctional Institution for Women. The inmates discuss factors including addiction, poverty, and sexual abuse that affected their behavior and sentencing and reflect on how being in prison impacts their ability to raise their children and find employment after release.
- Director
- Ashkenazi, Noga
- Producer
- Ashkenazi, Noga
- Editor
- Peterson, Amelia
- Production Team
- Musical Chairs Productions and Women Make Movies
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- English
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (65 min.) or 1 streaming video (65 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Updated
- 04-12-2022
Production Information
Film InformationReviews
Educational Media Reviews Online, Nov. 22, 2013Films for the Feminist Classroom 5.2 (2014)