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Woman's Prison
96 minutes Drama / Educational / Female Filmmakers
A young woman pays the ultimate price for justice
Intended Audience: Mature
When her mother is murdered by her father, Julie Ann Mabry is confronted by a life of hardship and poverty. Taken in by her Evangelical relatives, she begins to adopt new convictions in an effort to reconnect with her mother. Slowly, the threads of her new life begin to unravel and Julie Ann is sent to prison. It is there she finds the freedom and community she had sought so long, yet it does not come without a price.
- Directed by: Katie Madonna Lee
- Written by: Katie Madonna Lee
- Produced by: Katie Madonna Lee, Kelly Daisy
- Run Time: 96 minutes
- Release Date: 2010
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Country:
United States of America
- Intended Audience: mature
- Website Woman's Prison
Written by Katie Madonna Lee
Produced by Katie Madonna Lee, Kelly Daisy
Cast
Oliva Adams: Julie Ann Mabry (child)
Kelly Daisy : Aunt Marsha
Gemma Lee: Julie Ann Mabry
"Lee has done a great job of assembling a cast of unknowns to play these characters. The movie has its finger on the pulse of poverty and how it gnaws away at both young and old. Woman’s Prison may be too painful for some audiences, but I hope they see it. Julie Ann Mabry is not just a character; she is thousands of women in America who have and will continue to experience such struggles." - Nicolette Westfall, Feminist Review
"To begin with the obvious, the film displays enormous will and hard work on [Katie Madonna's} part, and an ambition to put on the screen subject matter that clearly means a great deal to her. (and to many women.). It's all too rare for filmmakers to take on institutional misogyny in the family, the church, and the criminal 'injustice' system, and how it wrecks women's entire lives. Her film does this with intelligence and passion." - Amy Taubin
"Julie Ann's story tells a story of many young women imprisoned by poverty and abusive relationships, and Woman's Prison is a film that will keep a viewer thinking for quite some time." - Deborah Ground Buckner, Press Plus 1 Magazine
"'There but for fortune' perhaps best summarizes the theme underpinning Woman’s Prison, a character-driven flashback flick from Katie Madonna Lee. Triple-threat Lee makes an impressive writing/acting/directorial debut, here, considering the constraints of the micro-budget with which she was operating. An alternately terrifying, thought-provoking and unabashedly empathetic look at life from the harrowing perspective of a never-protected female." - Kam Williams
Illinois International Film Festival -- Best Feature Drama (Won)
Columbus International Film & Video Festival -- Honorable Mention (Won)
Appalachian Film Festival -- Best Feature Drama (Won)
Kansas International Film Festival
Crossroads Film Festival
Woodstock Film Festival