Film

Belly of the Beast

2020 · 1h 22m · Documentary · Drama

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

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.

Kelly Dillon

Cynthia Chandler

Corey Johnson

Courtney Hooks

• Erika CohnDirector · Producer
• Nicole DoctaProducer
• Christen Hepuakoamana'a MarquezProducer
• Angela TuckerProducer
• Geralyn White DreyfousExecutive Producer
• Blye Pagon FaustExecutive Producer
• Diane PhilipsExecutive Producer
• Lois VossenExecutive Producer
• Doree FriedmanExecutive Producer
• Mark LipsonExecutive Producer

BELLY OF THE BEAST Documentary Film Trailer

Release date

June 11, 2020

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Documentary, Drama