IT'S CRIMINAL - DVD

IT'S CRIMINAL

Two worlds collide when Dartmouth College students meet with incarcerated women at a local jail in this transformational documentary about privilege, poverty, and injustice. IT'S CRIMINAL highlights the wide economic and social inequality that divides the United States and offers a unique window into how two groups of women break down barriers and learn to speak to each other.

When twenty-four women come together to create a play based on the experiences of the jailed women, it starts with a clash of personalities and a level of distrust. From there, walls are broken down as the two groups communicate with each other, and the ivy league students learn to look beyond their preconceived notions of the prisoners and gain an empathetic insight into the injustices of the criminal justice system. Likewise, the women of the correctional facility open up about their painful pasts and give voice to fragile - yet still hopeful - visions for their futures.