Cruel and Unusual

Cruel and Unusual (2006)

Imagine being a women in a men's prison.

Five transgender women share their prison experiences. Interviews with attorneys, doctors, and other experts are also included.

Date of release
2006-10-24
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 3m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Janet Baus, Reid Williams, Dan Hunt, Reid Williams

Interesting facts

Cruel and Unusual is a 2006 American documentary film directed and produced by Janet Baus, Dan Hunt and Reid Williams about the experiences of transgender women in the United States prison system. It was screened on television as Cruel and Unusual: Transgender Women in Prison.

Background

The film took three years to make. The directors initially made contact with approximately 100 transgender prisoners. Although they had planned to feature trans men in the film, they decided to focus only on trans women due to the different issues experienced by the two groups and the complex nature of the issues faced by them in prison. To this end, they interviewed trans women in six different prisons.

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