We're Alive (1974)
Made jointly by the Women’s Film Workshop and some of the inmates of the California Institution for Women, this is a moving analysis of why the women are in prison, what’s happening to them, what’s to become of them. It begins and ends with film taken outside the walls, while the rest is videotape transferred to film of the prisoners talking about race, sex and religion, class, economics and drugs. Occasionally statistics are inserted, but generally the women show such a degree of articulacy and radical thought that what they have to say is explanation enough. A remarkably undated combination of political anger and collective tenderness.
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 48 min
Release Date: January 1, 1974
Original Language: en
More Films in Genre: Documentary
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is We're Alive about?
- Made jointly by the Women’s Film Workshop and some of the inmates of the California Institution for Women, this is a moving analysis of why the women are in prison, what’s happening to them, what’s to become of them. It begins and ends with film taken outside the walls, while the rest is videotape transferred to film of the prisoners talking about race, sex and religion, class, economics and drugs. Occasionally statistics are inserted, but generally the women show such a degree of articulacy and radical thought that what they have to say is explanation enough. A remarkably undated combination of political anger and collective tenderness.
- Who directed We're Alive?
- We're Alive was directed by Michie Gleason, Christine Lesiak, Kathy Levitt.
- How long is We're Alive?
- We're Alive has a runtime of 48m (48 minutes).
- What genre is We're Alive?
- We're Alive is a Documentary film.