Her depiction of women in American prisons in Stranger Inside (as the director) was pathetic. At the start, you have women being strip searched and showering under the full glare of male guards - obviously totally wrong, a human rights abuse, and something that was indeed happening at that time. Yet they present it as if its totally normal and without making an issue out of it. The women don’t remotely behave like they are experiencing the humiliation and dehumanisation of being forced to be naked in front of male guards. If you are going to make a ‘serious’ film about women in American prisons at that time, at least present the forced nudity in front of male guards as the abuse and injustice that it is, rather than presenting it as if it is totally normal.
This is so precious. I love her work 🤍
She’s such a good director and she’s so under appreciated
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Her depiction of women in American prisons in Stranger Inside (as the director) was pathetic. At the start, you have women being strip searched and showering under the full glare of male guards - obviously totally wrong, a human rights abuse, and something that was indeed happening at that time. Yet they present it as if its totally normal and without making an issue out of it. The women don’t remotely behave like they are experiencing the humiliation and dehumanisation of being forced to be naked in front of male guards. If you are going to make a ‘serious’ film about women in American prisons at that time, at least present the forced nudity in front of male guards as the abuse and injustice that it is, rather than presenting it as if it is totally normal.