About the film
The Grey Area is a feature-length documentary film by Noga Ashkenazi about the lives of inmates at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville, Iowa. The film documents an eight-week feminism class taught by student volunteers from Grinnell College. The Grey Area explores women's issues in the criminal justice system, including gender, sexuality, class and race.
A small group of female inmates share their experiences with motherhood, drug addiction, sexual abuse and domestic violence.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).