Taking Off the Mask
Streaming video - 2021
This powerful documentary chronicles the story of Isak Sass — a brave man who survived rape in prison. Isak spent 10 years in prison and was raped multiple times by multiple perpetrators, and contracted HIV. This is a story of that ordeal and his journey towards healing. TAKING OFF THE MASK interrogates the injustice that exists in a criminal legal system that neglects its responsibility to keep persons in its custody, safe. It seeks to put into focus the dark side of carcerility by showing how prisons, as incubators of violence, ultimately reproduce the rape culture and misogyny that affect all communities. In a bid to advance the rights of incarcerated people, Isak’s story reinforces the often times erased humanity of incarcerated peo...ple, by not only recognizing their vulnerability but also their courage and resilience.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
- Published
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
New Day Films
2021.
2023. - Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image - Item Description
- Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record. - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).