Belly of the Beast (2020)
82 min
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.
- Release date
- June 11, 2020
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Mary J. Blige, Omar Fadel
Trailer
Soundtrack
- Fifteen Years Of My Lifeinstrumental2:23
- Deplorable Conditionsinstrumental1:59
- Lightbulbinstrumental1:50
- Prison Yardinstrumental2:11
- The Eugenics Movementinstrumental2:36
- Surgeries Of The Monthinstrumental2:19
- Zero Dollarsinstrumental3:33
- Cynthiainstrumental1:46
- Federal Receivershipinstrumental3:07
- Dr. Heinrichinstrumental4:43
- A Bombshell Reportinstrumental2:55
- We Can’t Afford To Forgetinstrumental2:12
Cast
- Lynn Acosta as Self
- Pamela Baker as Self
- Teresa Brown as Self
- Cynthia Chandler as Self
- Mychal Concepcion as Self
- Kelli Dillon as Self
- Courtney Hooks as Self
- Hannah-Beth Jackson as Self
- Kimberly Jeffrey as Self
- Corey G. Johnson as Self
Crew
- Erika Cohn · Director
- Erika Cohn · Producer
- Nicole Docta · Producer
- Christen Hepuakoamana'a Marquez · Producer
- Angela Lynn Tucker · Producer
- Mary J. Blige · Composer
- Omar Fadel · Composer
- Bianca Cline · Cinematographer
- Clare Major · Cinematographer
- Tchavdar Georgiev · Editor
- Jean Kawahara · Editor