The Kitchen

The Kitchen

NR 1975 · 7 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama

An early student work directed at UCLA by Alile Sharon Larkin and submitted as her "Project One." Larkin visualizes a mental ward as a possible equivalent to prison incarceration for women of color. –UCLA Film & Television Archive

Directed by Alile Sharon Larkin · Written by Alile Sharon Larkin

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