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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
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 ...
- $500,000
- Neema Barnette
- Mandrill
Aug 22, 2003 · 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 bee of ...
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- Neema Barnette
- R
- Yasiin Bey
Civil Brand. 2002 · 1 hr 32 min. R. Drama · Thriller. This film, whose title is a play on the former Sybil Brand prison for women in California, is about 4 jailed women fighting corruption on the inside. Subtitles: English. Starring: LisaRaye N'Bushe Wright Monica Calhoun Clifton Powell Tichina Arnold. Directed by: Neema Barnette.
- Neema Barnette
- January 1, 2002
- 91 min
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.
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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.
Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. "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.
