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P4W Prison for Women

Accession number: 
1981.0033
Production Years: 
1981

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Film Properties: 
Length (feet): 
2886 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
81
Holding Institutions: 

Library and Archives Canada: 16mm, VHS.

York University, Toronto, Ontario: VHS.
"A look at love and loneliness among the inmates of P4W, the women's prison in Kingston Ontario, who live in an invisible, but tightly knit community. Using a direct camera approach, the film presents their personal and political insights and reveals the complex fabric of the women's society."

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario: 16mm.

Bibliography: 

University of Waterloo Audiovisual Services Catalog.
"P4W: PRISON FOR WOMEN is a shattering look at love and loneliness in the most desperate of places. The inmates of P4W live in an invisible, but tightly knit community. The film makers have penetrated it with a direct camera approach and, in so doing, have created a gripping story full of personal and political insights. Through the use of interviews, monologues and powerful cinema verite sequences, the complex fabric of the women's society is gradually revealed and illuminated."