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  • Civil Brand
  • Opened August 29, 2003 | Runtime:1 hr. 35 min.
  • R
    violence including a rape, and for pervasive strong language
  • Frances (LisaRaye) is wrongly convicted for murder and thrown into a prison with slave-like conditions called Whitehead Correctional. After she learns that her baby has been killed on the outside, she can no longer take the unjust conditions of her Read More
  • Cast: LisaRaye, Mos Def, N'Bushe Wright, Monica Calhoun, Da Brat
  • Director: Neema Barnette
  • Genres: Prison Film, Feminist Film, Drama

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  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    A compelling, highly charged film that brings a contemporary perspective to...

  • 60
    Variety |

    Film explores the abuses rampant in woman's prisons and the powerlessness of the...

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    Although the film loses its way in the late going with a preponderance of...

  • 40
    L.A. Weekly | Ernest Hardy

    There are also strong flickers here of a film that might have been.

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