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Degrees of Freedom
2024
Movie Information
Overview
Created by formerly incarcerated women, Degrees of Freedom chronicles the effort to restore college programming at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility after it was eliminated in the 1990s. Refusing to accept the loss of educational opportunity, the women organized to build a program and a lasting community of care that would go on to influence prison education efforts nationwide. Told by the women themselves, the film earned the Audience Award for Short Documentary at the Dances With Films Festival.
Release Date
December 5, 2024
Director
Jake Ratner
Runtime
33 minutes
Cast
Kathy BoudinCheryl WilkinsAlisha X ElliottJudy ClarkIris BowenDeborah FitzgeraldMigdalia MartinezNakia Watson
Production
Women Transcending Oral History Research Project
Genres
Documentary