Degrees of Freedom

Overview

Created by formerly incarcerated women, Degrees of Freedom chronicles the effort to restore college programming at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility after it was eliminated in the 1990s. Refusing to accept the loss of educational opportunity, the women organized to build a program and a lasting community of care that would go on to influence prison education efforts nationwide. Told by the women themselves, the film earned the Audience Award for Short Documentary at the Dances With Films Festival.

Directed by Jake Ratner, Kathy Boudin, Cheryl Wilkins

Top cast

Kathy Boudin

Kathy Boudin

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Cheryl Wilkins

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Alisha X Elliott

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Judy Clark

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Iris Bowen

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Deborah Fitzgerald

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Migdalia Martinez

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Nakia Watson

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