WOMEN BEHIND BARS: VOICES FROM THE INSIDE | A Women Make Movies Collection

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Dear Members,
 
Hello from Women Make Movies, the leading educational distributor of films by and about women. Orange is the New Black, Netflix's hit series about the inner-workings of a fictional women's prison in Connecticut, has undoubtedly reignited widespread interest in our country’s correctional institutions. Though female offenders represent the country's fastest-growing prison population, navigating the criminal justice system remains a complicated and painful process. I thought the members of this listserv might like to hear about some important WMM releases related to women’s incarceration. 

WMM turns the lens on women's prisons with new releases MOTHERS OF BEDFORD <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c857.shtml> and THE GREY AREA: FEMINISM BEHIND BARS <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c841.shtml>. These eye-opening educational tools transport audiences behind the bars and into the very real lives of families marked by life on the inside, spurring critical dialog around issues of incarceration, prison reform, education, violence against women and feminism’s potential to radicalize marginalized populations.
 
To provide broader insight, WMM has compiled a new special collection – WOMEN BEHIND BARS: VOICES FROM THE INSIDE <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/collect43.shtml>. These in-depth documentaries feature real women coping with inadequate facilities, raising children from behind bars, overcoming substance abuse, sexual trauma and chronic recidivism, speaking out against domestic violence and struggling to nurture dreams long deferred. Journeying from the swamps of southern Louisiana to the classrooms of a maximum security Iowa prison, this diverse collection goes behind the scenes - and behind the bars - of an America incarcerated. These films make perfect additions to any prison studies, legal studies, prison education, women’s studies or feminist studies classroom.
 
To celebrate the release of this new collection, WMM is offering a limited-time special offer! Receive 50% off any title in the WOMEN BEHIND BARS: VOICES FROM THE INSIDE collection when you purchase MOTHERS OF BEDFORD or THE GREY AREA at list price. Scroll down for more information.
 
900 WOMEN <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c521.shtml>
"Sensitive...Intimate and candid, this [video] will be a useful addition to women's studies collections and larger public libraries."
-Video Librarian 
 
SIN BY SILENCE <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c759.shtml>
"...disrupts conventional assumptions about victimization and empowerment to provide an alternative perspective for courses on feminist activism." -Films for the Feminist Classroom
 
TROOP 1500: GIRL SCOUTS BEYOND BARS <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c659.shtml>
"Poignant...Recommended"
-Video Librarian

FREEDOM ROAD <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c670.shtml>
"[T]he filmmaker vividly portrays the human potential to learn, imagine, and heal." 
-Janet Wilson, Illinois State University
 
BLIND SPOT: MURDER BY WOMEN <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c520.shtml>
"An emotionally powerful and analytically provocative film." 
-Rachel Kahn-Hut, San Francisco State University
 
Receive 50% off any title in this collection when you purchase THE GREY AREA or MOTHERS OF BEDFORD at list price. Order online and enter promo code PRISONLS13 to apply the discount. Questions? Email orders at wmm.com or call 212.925.0606 x360. Offer ends 10/31/13.
 
Cannot be combined with any other offer. Other restrictions may apply. 
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Sincerely,

Meredith Heil
Marketing Coordinator
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