What I Want My Words to Do to You (2003)
4.1 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 18min
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- Synopsis:
"What I Want My Words to Do to You" offers an unprecedented look into the minds and hearts of the women inmates of New York’s Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. The film goes inside a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 women, most of whom were convicted of murder. Through a series of exercises and discussions, the women delve into their pasts and explore the nature of their crimes and the extent of their own culpability. The film culminates in an emotionally charged prison performance of the women’s writing by acclaimed actors Mary Alice, Glenn Close, Hazelle Goodman, Rosie Perez and Marisa Tomei. The film documents both the wrenching personal journeys undertaken by the inmates to find the words that tell their own stories, and the power of those words to move the outside world. - Actors:
- Mary Alice, Glenn Close, Eve Ensler, Hazelle Goodman, Rosie Perez, Marisa Tomei
- Others:
- Madeleine Gavin, Judith Katz, Gary Sunshine
- Aka:
- What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison
- Genres:
- Documentary
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