What I Want My Words to Do To You
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2002, 80 minutes
Distributed by PBS
If you have committed a violent crime, is it possible to redeem
yourself? In What I Want My Words to Do to You, women inmates at
Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women try to answer the
question. In a writing workshop led by playwright Eve Ensler, the women
in the group include high-profile convicts like Kathy Boudin and Judy
Clark, former members of the Weather Underground and also Jan Warren,
"Changing Minds" panelist. Through a series of writing exercises and
discussions, the deeply personal mixes with the humorous and the tragic,
profoundly showing the power of art in the service of healing and the
importance of the college-in-prison program at Bedford Hills. The film
culminates in an unprecedented prison performance of the women's
writings by acclaimed actresses Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Hazelle
Goodman, Mary Alice and Rosie Perez.
A short segment from What I Want My Words to Do to You was shown
during the "Changing Minds" panel discussion at Barnard College.
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