After miscarrying her baby in prison due to shackling, Pamela Winn becomes an activist, leading thousands to support – and pass – the 2019 Georgia Dignity Act, which outlawed shackling of pregnant and postpartum inmates. Winn follows Pamela’s journey from prison to the halls of the state Capitol, from incarcerated person to outspoken law-changer, from powerless to empowered.
- English
- Captioned in English
- Inspiring
- Concerned with miscarriage
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About the Filmmaker
- Filmmaker: Erica Tanamachi, Joseph East
Erica (Filanc) Tanamachi is an award-winning filmmaker and MFA Cinema graduate of San Francisco State University (2007). Erica was Creative Producer for the feature documentary Motherload, which won “Best Documentary” from the Hollywood North Film Awards. She also won “Best Documentary” from The Sonoma Film Festival, Silverlake Film Festival and The Documentary Foundation for her short documentary Living Poets. Erica is passionate about creating powerful underrepresented stories that show the truth of the human experience.
Joseph East is a filmmaker based in Atlanta, GA. Joseph directed the feature documentary, I Will Dance, which aired on PBS and was selected for the National Endowment for the Arts Southern Circuit tour. He was recently Director of Photography on the feature documentary Refuge, which premiered at DOC NYC in 2021 and is executive produced by Katie Couric. Joseph won a 2021 Southeast Emmy for his work on the PBS series, Your Fantastic Mind.