Paint Me a Road Out of Here (2024)
The 50 year journey of women at Rikers Jail and a painting that leads the way out
90 min
In 1971, underestimated artist Faith Ringgold made a monumental painting for the women incarcerated at Rikers Island jail called “For the Women’s House.” Fifty years later, artist Mary Baxter, who at the age of twenty-five gave birth in prison, finds herself banding together with an eccentric bunch of activists, politicians, artists, corrections officers, and Faith Ringgold to free the painting with the ultimate goal of freeing the women.
- Release date
- June 14, 2024
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- John Forte
Cast
- Faith Ringgold as Self
- Mary Enoch Elizabeth-Isis tha Savior Baxter as Self
- Kwame Agbogbo as Self
- Dorien Bergen as Self
- Russell Craig as Self
- Barbara Drummond as Self
- Brenda Emery as Self
- Leah Faria as Self
- Nicole Fleetwood as Self
- Rujeko Hockley as Self
Crew
- Catherine Gund · Director
- Tanya Selvaratnam · Producer
- John Forte · Composer
- Jia Li · Cinematographer
- Emerson Mahoney · Cinematographer
- Junting Zhou · Cinematographer
- Arielle Amsalem · Editor