Sentenced
(6 minutes)USA
Director/Producer: Carl Jacobsen

Description:

Sentenced is a brief journey inside the dark and closed world of a U.S. women’s prison, narrated by inmate Connie Hanes who later committed suicide by hanging in her cell. As guards chain down a woman, she describes the years of inhuman treatment and the abuse she has suffered. The film was sponsored by Amnesty International USA in connection with its first project on torture in the U.S., protesting the chaining of women prisoners.

Biography:

Carol Jacobsen is an award-winning social documentarian whose works in video and photography address issues of women’s criminalization and censorship. Her work has been exhibited and screened worldwide. She has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Paul Robeson Foundation, Center for New Television, Women in Film Foundation, Art Matters, Rockefeller Foundation, and many others. She is associate professor of video at The School of Art, University of Michigan. She serves as coordinator of the Michigan Women’s Clemency Project, seeking freedom for women wrongly imprisoned, and her works are sponsored by and raise funds for Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other human and civil rights organizations.

Contact Information:

Carol Jacobsen, Producer/Director
1019 Maiden Lane
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
E-mail: jacobsen@umich.edu