Degrees of Freedom

Degrees of Freedom (2024)

A Film About Reclaiming College at Bedford Hills Prison

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2024-12-05
  • Runtime: 0h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Women Transcending Oral History Research Project
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Jake Ratner, Kathy Boudin, Cheryl Wilkins.

Summary

Created by formerly incarcerated women, Degrees of Freedom chronicles the effort to restore college programming at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility after it was eliminated in the 1990s. Refusing to accept the loss of educational opportunity, the women organized to build a program and a lasting community of care that would go on to influence prison education efforts nationwide. Told by the women themselves, the film earned the Audience Award for Short Documentary at the Dances With Films Festival.

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  • Kathy Boudin

    as Kathy Boudin
  • Cheryl Wilkins

    as
  • Alisha X Elliott

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  • Judy Clark

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  • Iris Bowen

    as
  • Deborah Fitzgerald

    as
  • Migdalia Martinez

    as
  • Nakia Watson

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Directing Jake Ratner Director
Directing Kathy Boudin Director
Directing Cheryl Wilkins Director
Production Michelle Daniel Jones Producer
Production Logan McBride Producer
Writing Kathy Boudin Writer

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