two of my favorite prison films..."reform school girls" with a dazzling
performance by wendy o. williams and "diary of a lost girl." girls in
prison definitely has an entirely different politics and history of
representation...something to think about in your search...
 
Meryem Ersoz
University of Oregon
 
On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Hong-An Tran wrote:
 
> Hi--  I'm in the early phase of a thesis on the spectacle of punishment
> and how it has been re-introduced into our society in the form of the
> prison film.  I'm trying to get a list of films together, but I'm having
> problems locating films available on video.  Any suggestions?  I'm looking
> for any film that takes place primarily in prison -- the most obvious,
> recent example that I don't plan on using in my paper is "The Shawshank
> Redemption," for example....  I'd appreciate any and all suggestions.
> Thanks.
>
> Hong-An Tran
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