Sentenced to life

National Film Board of Canada (Added Author).

Summary: Will Diane Charron ever be free? She began a life sentence behind bars at age 19, when she was entangled in a friend's act of revenge and ended up stabbing a stranger to death. Dianne has been shuttled back and forth between various prisons and psychiatric hospitals. The film follows the story of Diane's life, from her own testimony and that of corrections officers, prison case-workers and psychiatrists, and asks serious questions about prisoners with mental health problems.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)
videocassette
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Montréal, Qué. : National Film Board of Canada, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	DVD-R format. No scene indexing.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director/research/script, Marie Cadieux ; producers, Jacques Turgeon and Jacques Ménard.
Participant or Performer Note:	With the participation of Diane Charron and Geneviève Ruest.
Language Note:	Includes some French dialogue with English subtitles. Closed captioned.