Film News
UTD Screening and Panel Discussion 9/22
The fall 2022 Gender Studies lecture is a virtual screening of the documentary film In Her Shoes and an in-person panel discussion of the film on Thursday 22 September from 5:30 – 7 p.m. in McDermott Library, room 2.404 (MC 2.404), the CTL seminar room. PANELISTS:...
Importance of Incarcerated Women’s Stories
"I applaud you on the work that has been done – the stories of incarcerated women often get lost." Sultana A. Shabazz, Ph.D., Dean of Corrections Education, Tacoma Community College
Form A4Abolitionist
"For those who want to understand what the sexual abuse-to-prison pipeline looks like, watch IN HER SHOES. The women tell such different stories, but the through line is that, after becoming victims of domestic violence, marginalized women are subject to...
Texas Center for Justice and Equity
"The messaging from IN HER SHOES is critical to recognizing the common history of unaddressed trauma and harm that too often results in women’s incarceration; it is also critical to shifting the public narrative about what real justice should look like. Incarceration...
Powerful
... really powerful. It's a moving and intimate view into the lives of women who are incarcerated and the struggles they have faced and continue to confront in their lives. -Jeannine Esposito Roots&Rebound
Incredible- Puts a human face on women incarcerated
I watched a 60-min documentary last week, IN HER SHOES, and immediately thought how much I would love for people to see it. The film chronicles the lives of women in Dallas County jail through the unlikely medium of the shoes they have worn and aspire to wear again. ...
SMU Showing Challenges Stereotypes
"The film was a rare opportunity to learn about the personal and systemic challenges many incarcerated women experience. It is a powerful tool to dispel stereotypes about women serving time, and although some of the individual stories are heartbreakingly sad,...
SMU Screening – Quotes
“…. weaves the shards of broken women’s lives into hope and wholeness through the experience, art, and dreams of shoes. Each of us who watch this film—and we all should— are called to be “in her shoes.” Dr. Bonnie Wheeler, SMU, Feminist Professor, Gender and Medieval...
Quote From Petey Greene Re-entry
"In Her Shoes shines a light on the humanity of women who have been incarcerated and uplifts their voices to ring in the ears of the general public. By watching this film, we see firsthand the human potential that has been disregarded but will one day rejoin and...
SMU Screens IN HER SHOES
The Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, Human Rights Program, and Women's and the Gender Studies Program will screen the film on March 27th from 2-5 pm at McCord Auditorium, 3225 University Boulevard, Dallas TX 75205
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