Forced to work under slave-like conditions in a "prison for profit" program, the inmates of a mostly-African-American female prison, Whitehead Correctional, try to take over the institution.
Acting
LisaRaye's transformation from glam to gritty leader
Direction
Neema Barnette's unflinching exploitation-cinema politics
Writing
Messy but genuine rage at privatized prisons
Director
Neema Barnette
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the few prison films directed by a Black woman, Barnette used the exploitation format to smuggle radical politics into straight-to-DVD shelves.
Yasiin Bey (then Mos Def) took the role specifically to support a Black woman-led production during a period when he could have commanded bigger paychecks elsewhere.
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