Beautiful Sentence
- Synopsis
- Female prisoners experience the liberating effect of creative writing with the help of inspirational poet Leah Thorn, writer-in-residence at HMP Bronzefield, a high security women’s prison in Middlesex. This short films (20 mins) shows a variety of women striving to find a voice through creative writing workshops. Personal histories, emotions and inner conflicts are revealed through their poems and interactions. The film explores the liberating and healing effect of creativity.
A related book by Leah Thorn, Release: Women in prison write about self-harm and healing, is available for sale or free download at http://www.womenlobby.org/spip.php?action=acceder_document&arg=837&cle=0fb1a79f62edc71d2bb8b8c0b6b46c7a9b1f9476&file=pdf%2Fself-harm_women_prison.pdf - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2011
- Notes
- An article by Suzanne Cohen on the making of the film is available at http://thedfg.org/news/details/1005/filming-in-prisons-making-beautiful-sentence
- Subjects
- Social Studies; Literature
- Keywords
- prisoners; self harm; creative writing; women prisoners
Online availability
- URI
- http://vimeo.com/24013313
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Director
- Suzanne Cohen
- Contributor
- Leah Thorn
Distributor
- Name
Vimeo
- Web
- http://www.vimeo.com/ External site opens in new window
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