Human Rights Watch Film Festival: 'Belly of the Beast'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jun 4, 2020

Director Erika Cohn and producer Angela Tucker discuss their documentary "Belly of the Beast," which tells the story of involuntary sterilizations of women, many of them African American, in the federal prison system in California. The documentary makes its New York digital festival preview as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, and will be available to stream online nationally from June 11 to 20. 

Event:

Erika Cohn and Angela Tucker will be part of a virtual Q&A event on June 11 at 8pm. 

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