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1 online resource (1 video file (97 min.)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
Women are the fastest-growing U.S. prison population today. Eighty percent are mothers of school-age children. Jenifer McShane's absorbing documentary gives human dimensions to these rarely reported statistics, taking us inside Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison north of New York City. Shot over four years, Mothers of Bedford follows five women - of diverse backgrounds and incarcerated for different reasons- in dual struggles to be engaged in their children's lives and become their better selves. It shows how long-term sentences affect mother-child relationships and how Bedford's innovative Children's Center helps women maintain and improve bonds with children and adult relatives awaiting their return. Whether it be parenting's normal frustrations to celebrating a special day, from both inside and out of the prison walls, this moving film provides unprecedented access to a little known, rarely shown, community of women. "Confronts crucial issues facing the American criminal justice system. . . . also demonstrates . . . the courageous steps toward redemption taken by the MOTHERS OF BEDFORD." - John H. Biaggi, Human Rights Watch Film Festival Awards Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival, Best Documentary Social Justice Film Festival, Director's Choice Award |
| Notes |
Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2011 |
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Streaming video file |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Christopher Walters ; editor, Toby Shimin ; composer, Peter Rundquist |
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Featuring Elaine Roulet |
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Soundtrack in English |
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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Kanopy, viewed October 31, 2019) |
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Winner, Best Documentary, Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival |
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Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (N.Y.)
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| SUBJECT |
Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (N.Y.) fast (OCoLC)fst00682669 |
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Women prisoners -- Family relationships -- New York (State)
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Women prisoners -- New York (State)
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Children of women prisoners -- Services for -- New York (State) -- Case studies
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Children of women prisoners -- Services for.
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Women prisoners.
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Women prisoners -- Family relationships.
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New York (State)
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Internet videos.
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Case studies.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Internet videos.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
McShane, Jenifer, 1974- film producer, film director.
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Roulet, Elaine, 1930- commentator
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Rundquist, Peter, composer (expression)
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Shimin, Toby, editor of moving image work.
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Walters, Christopher, director of photography.
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Women Make Movies (Firm), film distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), publisher.
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