Making a documentary about someone who is no longer with us, especially a three-part half hour series, is no small feat. But the first two shows of Making Contact's "Crisis of Care" series does a great job at bringing Gina's story alive.
I feel like I got to know Gina, and about the pitfalls of health care in the California state prison system. Making Contact helps me empathize with a woman whose desperation in hard times led to a life (and death) sentence inside an unforgiving correctional system. I never hear these stories in the mainstream media.
Producer Tena Rubio uses great writing to describe Gina's final moments; "dark circles shadow her downcast eyes." The end of the second show was very moving. I love the original music score and I look forward to hearing the third!
Pauline Bartolone
Berkeley, CA
May 11, 2008
One mother's fight to save her daughter's life from a dysfunctional and inhumane health care system in California's prisons.
arlene R.
