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Stranger Inside is a american film of genre Drama directed by Cheryl Dunye released in USA on 23 june 2001 with Yolonda Ross
Stranger Inside (2001)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 23 june 2001
Length 1h37
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
OriginUSA
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating62%
Stranger Inside is a television drama film directed by Cheryl Dunye that premiered on cable television in 2001. The story primarily concerns African-American lesbians in prison. Michael Stipe, the lead singer of R.E.M., helped to produce it. In a 2004 issue of Feminist Studies, Dunye stated that she worked with actual female inmates to produce the script.
Synopsis
Treasure Lee (Yolonda Ross) learns that her biological mother Brownie (Davenia McFadden) is incarcerated in an adult prison, so she purposely gets into trouble in order to be transferred from a juvenile facility to an adult women's facility in order to meet her. In the new prison, she reunites with an old friend Shadow (LaTanya Hagans). She meets new inmates, such as Leisha (Medusa), an aspiring rapper, and Doodle (Ella Joyce), a religious, homophobic woman who is involved with a male correctional officer.Actors
Yolonda Ross
(Treasure)
Davenia McFadden
(Brownie)
Rain Phoenix
(Kit)
Ella Joyce
(Doodle Alderidge)
Conchata Ferrell
(Mama Cass)
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