Within These Walls (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Mike Robe

Writer (WGA):

Robert J. Avrech (written by)

Release Date:

20 August 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Hope lives in unlikely places.

Plot:

Imprisoned after a drug arrest and bitter from a life marred by tragedy, Joan Thomas wants nothing to do with the world around her...

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Nun | Criminal Rehabilitation | Female Prisoner | Dog Training

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Ellen Burstyn	...	Joan Thomas
Laura Dern	...	Sister Pauline Quinn
LaTanya Richardson	...	Melinda Donovan
Maria Herrera	...	Leda Cervantes
Lucinda Davis	...	Eliza
Karen Glave
Lynne Adams
Tony Calabretta	...	Kelly
Kristin Fairlie	...	Emily
Eve Crawford	...	Sister Katherine
Marium Carvell	...	Eliza's Mother
Walter Alza	...	Tito
Alison Darcy	...	Miranda
Danette Mackay	...	Emily's Mother
Tim Progosh	...	Emily's Father

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Matrix Movies

Homophobia

The fact that a Lesbian was portrayed as the principal "bad-guy" is in poor taste and certainly inappropriate. It shows the continuance of mass-media homophobia. I am shocked that gifted actors such as Ellen Burstyn and Laura Dern would be willing to be in a film that portrayed their fellow females in such a degrading way. The fact that a prisoner is cruel to an animal is sufficient in itself to make her a bad person. Just adding the fact that this bad person is also a Lesbian bull duke on the make has nothing to do with the plot. This person could have been just a nasty Black if you want to take on another social inappropriate designation.