When an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons, they wage a near impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. Filmed over seven years with extraordinary access and intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated people, Belly of the Beast exposes modern day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons.

Erika Cohn is a Peabody, Emmy and DGA Award-winning filmmaker. Cohn's past films include The Judge, a Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated film, In Football We Trust an Emmy award-winning, feature documentary about young Pacific Islander men pursuing their dreams of playing professional football. Her work has been supported by IFP, the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Institute, Chicken & Egg, Hot Docs, ITVS, Women in Film, Fork Films, SFFILM, IDFA and BAVC among others.

Producers' Forum: Belly of the Beast a Film by Erika Cohn