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Civil Brand is a 2002 thriller drama film written by Preston A. Whitmore II and Joyce Renee Lewis, and directed by Neema Barnette. It stars LisaRaye McCoy, N'Bushe Wright, Da Brat, Mos Def, and Monica Calhoun. The film is about a group of female inmates fighting back against their abusers and taking over Whitehead Correctional Institute, where ...
Summaries. Frances is in the pen for killing her abusive husband. The abused the prisoners rise up against the "new plantation" that harvest human labor for profit. Nothing will stop Frances and her fellow inmates in this brutal battle for justice.
May 26, 2002 · Civil Brand: Directed by Neema Barnette. With LisaRaye McCoy, N'Bushe Wright, Monica Calhoun, Clifton Powell. Frances is in the pen for killing her abusive husband. The abused the prisoners rise up against the "new plantation" that harvest human labor for profit.
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- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Neema Barnette
- 2002-05-26
Aug 22, 2003 · Synopsis Things are tough at Whitehead Correctional Institute, a notorious women's prison. The inmates include Lil' Mamma (Lark Voorhies), a pregnant teen, and Nikki (N'Bushe Wright), the queen...
- (19)
- Neema Barnette
- R
- Yasiin Bey
The film is about a group of female inmates fighting back against their abusers and taking over Whitehead Correctional Institute, where they are incarcerated. At the American Black Film Festival, the film won awards for Best Film and Best Actor. It also won the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize at the Urbanworld Film Festival.
Plot: What's the story about? Women prisoners strike up a friendship with a young law student who works as a part-time prison guard. Together they discover that a corporation funds and is profitting from the plantation-like work environment they are forced to work under.
Synopsis. A hip-hop tale of young Black women behind bars who are forced to unite against a corrupt prison system. Together they form the family unit they never had, but a cruel captain and power hungry warden have other plans. They force the women to work under slave conditions manipulated by corporate greed.
