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"What I Want My Words to Do to You" Screening

MNN Youth Channel and The Summer Enrichment Program at Brooklyn College

Present P.O.V., Public Television's award-winning independent non-fiction film series, screening of...

“What I Want My Words to Do to You”

Voices from inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison With Eve Ensler and the women of the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility

Wednesday, July 23, at 1:15 PM.
Library Auditorium, Brooklyn College,
2900 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn NY
Premieres on PBS in December 2003
FREE and OPEN to the public

What I Want My Words to Do to You offers an unprecedented look into the minds and hearts of the women inmates of New York's Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. The film goes inside a writing workshop led by playwright Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 women, most of whom were convicted of murder.

Through a series of exercises and discussions, the women, including former Weather Underground members Kathy Boudin and Judith Clark, delve into and expose the most terrifying places within themselves, as they grapple with the nature of their crimes and their own culpability. The film culminates in an emotionally charged prison performance of the women's writing by acclaimed actresses Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez, Hazelle Goodman, and Mary Alice.

There will be a short discussion following the film. Youth are especially encouraged to attend.


For more information, please call Vanessa at (212) 757-2670 ext. 342.

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Vanessa McDonnell
Programming Coordinator
MNN Youth Channel
537 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Tel.(212) 757-2670 x 342
Fax (212) 757-1603
vanessa@youthchannel.org
www.youthchannel.org
www.mnn.org
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Posted on July 21, 2003 in General News by akhberet