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Stranger Inside (2001)

Stranger Inside poster
Directed by
Cheryl Dunye
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film, LGBT-related television series
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
18
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An African American woman navigates life inside a women's prison. She forms connections and faces conflicts with other inmates as she adjusts to the harsh environment.

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What happens

Stranger Inside is a made-for-television crime drama film directed by Cheryl Dunye that premiered on cable television in 2001. The story primarily concerns African American women in prison. Michael Stipe, the lead singer of R.E.M., helped to produce it. In a 2004 issue of Feminist Studies, Dunye stated that she worked with actual female inmates to produce the script. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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