Stranger Inside Page #2

Synopsis: A mother daughter reunion set in the harsh reality of a women's correctional facility
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Cheryl Dunye
Production: HBO Video
  9 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Year:
2001
97 min
35 Views


DAMN.

EVERY TIME:

THAT GO OFF,

YOU GOT 2 MINUTES

BEFORE LINE UP.

YEAH, YEAH.

YO, SHADOW !

( Shadow )

GIRL ! WHAT'S UP ?

YOU MADE IT !

HEY...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

SORRY I MISSED:

THAT SH*T.

( Nelson )

COUNT !

LEISHA, YOU

TAKE CARE OF MY GIRL, NOW.

I WAS GONNA.

HEY, I'LL SEE YOU

IN THE MORNING.

ALL RIGHT.

( Nelson )

ON THE LINE, LADIES.

( Nelson )

CELL 3 !

( women )

CELL 2 !

CELL 1.

COUNT CLEAR.

( guard )

COUNT CLEAR.

MY SISTER.

YOU KNOW I WAS:

ONLY KIDDIN'

ABOUT YOU BEIN'

TROUBLE, RIGHT ?

YOU WAN SOME, DOODLE ?

I'LL TAKE I IF YOU GIVIN'.

WAIT A MINUTE, YOU

KNOW HOW MUCH THEY GO FOR IN HERE ?

YO, ME AND SHADOW

USED TO SELL 'EM FOR $5 A CUP UP AT YOUTH.

$5 ?

HERE THEY BE CHARGING

$8, SOMETIMES $10.

( laughing )

HEY...

SOME GIRLS DO:

A LITTLE BIT OF ANYTHING

FOR A CUP OF:

NOODLES, BABY.

LET ME HAVE A:

BITE, DOODLE.

UH-UH.

HERE.

YOU CAN HAVE THE

WHOLE CUP AND MORE.

AFTER YOU MOVE:

TO THE FLOOR.

( laughing )

DEAL.

( Nelson )

WHAT THE F*** IS THIS ?

OPEN 2.

( guard )

ON THE GATE.

( clanging )

WHERE DID THA COME FROM ?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU DON'T KNOW.

LET'S GO.

COME ON,

MOVE YOUR ASS.

( door clanging )

( clanging )

YOU AIN'T DEAD YET ?

( humming quietly )

( girls chanting rhymes )

( siren wailing )

( police radio crackling )

( girls )

YOU AIN'T GOT NO MOMMA !

YOU AIN'T GOT NO MOMMA !

YOU AIN'T GOT NO MOMMA !

YOU AIN'T GOT NO MOMMA !

( buzzer ringing )

( distant clanging )

( Shadow )

AFTER THIS, WE GO INTO THE YARD.

UNLESS YOU GO SOMETHING HOOKED UP

FOR YOU OVER:

THERE, DOG.

ALL RIGHT. LOOKIN'

FORWARD TO THAT SH*T.

OK.

ALL RIGHT, DOWN

THERE'S THE COMMISSARY.

DOWNSTAIRS IS:

THE CAFETERIA.

OVER HERE...

LIBRARY.

COMPUTER ROOM, BOOKS,

YOU KNOW,

SH*T LIKE THAT.

THAT'S MISS

JOHNNY COCHRAN.

SHE KNOWS A LO ABOUT LEGAL SH*T.

AND SHE ALSO RUN A

GROUP THERAPY SESSION.

ALL FRESH FISH GO TO ATTEND THAT.

F*** THAT.

HEY.

IT'S MANDATORY,

TREASURE.

SHE THE ONLY ONE

THAT CAN PASS YOU OUT.

HEY, WE CAN TAKE

VOCATIONAL CLASSES.

I'M READING AND

SH*T. YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT.

F***, SHADOW, YOU

GET SAVED UP IN HERE ?

YO, YOU GOTTA WORK

YOUR PROGRAM.

YOU STAY OUTTA THE MIX.

EVERY DAY YOU:

TAKE A CLASS:

OR YOU WORK UP IN

PRISON INDUSTRY,

YOU GET A DAY OFF

YOUR SENTENCE.

WHATEVER.

OK. NOW WE JUS LEFT ADMINISTRATION.

NOW, UNIT "A"

IS ON TOP.

IT'S LIFERS.

BAD-ASS CRIMINALS.

( inmates chattering )

THAT'S WHERE

BROWNIE LIVES.

( basketball bouncing )

YEAH.

BUT WE 2ND FLOOR,

WE UNIT "B",

WE "G"-GIRLS.

UNIT "C" IS IN

THE BASEMENT.

THAT'S THE HOLE.

CRAZIES.

OLD FUCKS.

YO, WHAT'S UP

WITH THAT SH*T ?

OH, I KNOW.

AND HE A MARRIED

F***ER, TOO !

SH*T.

( laughing )

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Catherine Crouch

Catherine Crouch is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, and actor. She has been active in independent film-making for over two decades. Most of her work explores gender, race, and class in lesbian and queer lives. She is most well known for Stranger Inside (2001), Stray Dogs (2002), and The Gendercator(2007). more…

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