The Grey Area

The Grey Area (2012)

Feminism Behind Bars

The Grey Area is a feature documentary about the lives of inmates at a maximum-security women's prison in Mitchellville, Iowa. The film focuses on the unique experience of teaching and learning Feminism inside a women's prison and the power of education in the Criminal Justice System.

Date of release
2012-11-06
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Director
Noga Ashkenazi

Interesting facts

The Grey Area is a feature-length documentary film by Noga Ashkenazi about the lives of inmates at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville, Iowa. The film documents an eight-week feminism class taught by student volunteers from Grinnell College. The Grey Area explores women's issues in the criminal justice system, including gender, sexuality, class and race. A small group of female inmates share their experiences with motherhood, drug addiction, sexual abuse and domestic violence.

Production

Ashkenazi began work on the documentary in 2009 as a 4th year student in Grinnell College, where she volunteered at the prison and documented the feminism class she taught there. She then moved to Los Angeles, where she hired her crew and completed the film in 2012.

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