
Told through nine moving vignettes, each anchored by a subtle, yet overwhelming performance, Dead Women Walking traces the final days of a series of women on death row, from two weeks before one inmate’s execution to mere minutes before another’s. As these narratives develop, the human toll of the death penalty—not only on the women convicted of violent crimes, but also on their families, prison officials, and ministers and counselors coaching them through their final days—comes into clear focus. There’s Wendy, for example, whose mother declines to visit her the day before her execution; Helen, who meets her 18-year-old son (Moonlight’s Ashton Sanders) for the first time since he was adopted shortly after her imprisonment; and Celine, who watches a documentary about her case and conviction while having her last meal.
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- Cast
- Dale Dickey
- Dot Marie Jones
- Lynn Collins
- Colleen Camp
- June Carryl
- and Ashton Sanders.
- Screenplay
- Hagar Ben Asher
- Cinematography
- David Stragmeister
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- WAZABI FILMS
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Hagar Ben Asher
Israel
Born in Israel, Hagar Ben-Asher received a film degree from the Minshar School of Art in 2007. Her film, Pathways, premiered at the Cinéfondation in Cannes in 2007. Her feature debut, THE SLUT, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, also premiered at Cannes, and, in 2016, she released THE BURGLAR. DEAD WOMEN WALKING is her most recent film presented at Tribeca Festival.