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MOTHERS OF BEDFORD
By Jenifer McShane

Women are the fastest-growing U.S. prison population today. Eighty percent are mothers of school-age children. Jenifer McShane's absorbing documentary gives human dimensions to these rarely reported statistics, taking us inside Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison north of New York City. Shot over four years, MOTHERS OF BEDFORD follows five women - of diverse backgrounds and incarcerated for different reasons- in dual struggles to be engaged in their children's lives and become their better selves. It shows how long-term sentences affect mother-child relationships and how Bedford's innovative Children's Center helps women maintain and improve bonds with children and adult relatives awaiting their return. Whether it be parenting's normal frustrations to celebrating a special day, from both inside and out of the prison walls, this moving film provides unprecedented access to a little known, rarely shown, community of women.

Reviews
~ "A compelling documentary that follows five extraordinary women. . . .A deeply moving story about these women, their journey and what it means to be a mother." - Hot Docs International Film Festival

~ "Confronts crucial issues facing the American criminal justice system. . . . Also demonstrates . . . The courageous steps toward redemption taken by the MOTHERS OF BEDFORD." - John H. Biaggi, Human Rights Watch Film Festival

~ "The film encourages children and parents involved in the system to take hold of their own narrative and not deny it or demonize it." - Jenny Crawford, LMSW, Columbia University School of Social Work

Award
~ Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival, Best Documentary
DVD (Color)
96 minutes
2011
USD 295.00
 
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