The Female Offender (1995)
Documentary
Overview
An exploration of the space where femininity and criminality collide. The film collages archival footage clips culled from silent films, original footage and computer-generated imagery with a series of narratives drawn from true crime confessions, early criminological texts, and the filmmaker's own reflections. The result is a cool and piercing meditation on the way the categories of "woman" and "criminal" have been constructed.
Cast
- Kaisa Ajaye as Strongarm
- Jaqueline Bose as Horsethief
- Molan Chow as Poisoner
- Janet Dalton as Suffragette
- Regina Freitas as Shoplifter
- Eve Heller as Infanticide
- Eileen Lopez as Blackmailer
- Margot Lovejoy as Murderer
- Susan Peehl as Pickpocket
- Maja Zrnić as Prostitute