Prison Lullabies
(83 minutes) USA
Directors/Producers: Lina Matta and Odile Isralson

Description:

Prison Lullabies is the remarkable portrait of four women who, pregnant when arrested on drug charges, are given the unique opportunity of keeping their babies with them while serving their sentence. The film follows Amy, Anne Marie, Joann, and Monique for two and a half years from their days in the prison nursery to their struggle to rebuild a life for themselves on the outside.

Biography:

For 14 years, Odile has been working as a news producer in the U.S. bureaus of Swiss (TSR/DSR/TSI) and German (ARD/ZDF) television. Before that, she was a reporter for Belga, the Belgian news agency, and for Canadian Radio Network (NTR). In 1998, she and Lina Matta set up Brown Hats Productions. Their first documentary was the short Running for Bogotá. Born in Lebanon, Lina came to the U.S. in 1984 to pursue a master¹s degree in film production. After graduating from Boston University, she moved to Washington DC where for 13 years she produced news shows for the Middle East Satellite television market. Lina continues to freelance for American, European, and Middle East television outlets.

Contact:

Brown Hats Production
1264 New Hampshire Avenue N. W.
Washington DC, 20036
URL: http://www.prisonlullabies.com/