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      Civil Brand

      R Released Aug 22, 2003 1 hr. 35 min. Drama List
      16% 19 Reviews Tomatometer 80% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score Things are tough at Whitehead Correctional Institute, a notorious women's prison. The inmates include Lil' Mamma (Lark Voorhies), a pregnant teen, and Nikki (N'Bushe Wright), the queen bee of Whitehead. The inmates are under the supervision of abusive warden Dease (Clifton Powell), who forces them to endure hours of hard labor, from which he profits. Eventually, the women band together and reach out to part-time prison guard Michael (Mos Def), a law student, who helps them fight for reform. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jan 07 Buy Now

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      StephenPaul C The greatest 01 hour: and 35 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crime kicks a**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/26/23 Full Review Audience Member it's a really awesome movie , i loved it . Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member LLLLOOOVVVEEE IIIITTTT Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I feel like this if u going do all of this abuse it need to be shut down flat out a captain literally killed someone child Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE ABOUT THE VIOLENCE BEING COMMITTED AGAINST WOMEN IN PRISON, A TRUE SORY Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member may b direct2dvd script & direction, but.had some moments. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News It's impossible to ignore the strain of misogyny that taints the movie. Rated: 1.5/4 Oct 16, 2003 Full Review Bob Campbell Newark Star-Ledger It's guilty of gross B-movie meltdown, but mitigating circumstances include honest anger and a scattering of vivid scenes. Oct 13, 2003 Full Review V.A. Musetto New York Post Barnette, a veteran TV director, means this as an expos of prison abuse and exploitation, but the film is too simplistic and derivative to succeed. Rated: 1/4 Oct 10, 2003 Full Review Todd Gilchrist FilmStew.com Wildly uneven, rife with a virtual checklist of human tragedies that build to easy emotional crescendos but fail to engage the audience well enough to evoke any meaning. Dec 15, 2003 Full Review Jonathan W. Hickman Entertainment Insiders This is a film about the abuses of privatization and presents a negative view of what might happen if corporate America gets control of the business of corrections. Rated: 3/4 Oct 11, 2003 Full Review Maitland McDonagh TV Guide There's way too much of the usual bonding, beatings, petty humiliation by guards, cat fights in the yard and trips to the hole. Rated: 2/5 Oct 10, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Things are tough at Whitehead Correctional Institute, a notorious women's prison. The inmates include Lil' Mamma (Lark Voorhies), a pregnant teen, and Nikki (N'Bushe Wright), the queen bee of Whitehead. The inmates are under the supervision of abusive warden Dease (Clifton Powell), who forces them to endure hours of hard labor, from which he profits. Eventually, the women band together and reach out to part-time prison guard Michael (Mos Def), a law student, who helps them fight for reform.
      Director
      Neema Barnette
      Executive Producer
      Preston A. Whitmore II, Stevie "Black" Lockett, Jeff Clanagan, Mark Amin
      Screenwriter
      Joyce Lewis, Joyce Lewis, Preston A. Whitmore II, Preston A. Whitmore II
      Distributor
      Lionsgate Films
      Production Co
      Mandalay Entertainment
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 22, 2003, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 7, 2014
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $243.3K
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