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. ...

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

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...