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Frances Shepherd (LisaRaye) has been sent to the "pen" for killing her abusive husband. After being abused, violated and persecuted by the prison warden, the...
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Civil Brand. Frances Shepherd (Lisa Raye) has been sent to the "pen" for killing her abusive husband. After being abused, violated, and persecuted by the prison warden, the women from the cellblock rise up and revolt against the injustices of the penitentiary and the "new plantation" workplace that harvests human labor for big-time profit.
Brief Synopsis. "Welcome to the plantation, sister Frances." With those words, Frances Shepherd, a beautiful young mother and nurse, is greeted upon her arrival at Whitehead Correctional Institute, a maximum-security prison for women. Surrounded by hardened repeat offenders, this meek woman--incarcerated for killin.
If Civil Brand hopes to raise awareness or instigate reform, what it really needs is a greater focus on character over convention. Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 9, 2003
Here, the technique almost gives the film a comedic tone, but Civil Brand doesn't want to be a comedy; it wants to be a thought-provoking message movie. The most evident problem with Civil Brand ...
10/10. Civil Brand is a story about young Black women who come together and fight against a corrupt prison system that forces them to work in sweat shop conditions so that the prison can make a profit. simvanessa 10 August 2002. I saw the movie on Friday August 9th on 34th street.
