Belly of the Beast
TFI Suppport
Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund 2015 AOL Charitable Foundation Award
TFI Network 2017
TFI Pond5 Program 2019 Spring
Logline
Belly of the Beast intimately chronicles the journey of women fighting reproductive injustice in their communities.
Erika Cohn
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
Erika Cohn is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning director/producer who Variety recognized as one of 2017’s top documentary filmmakers to watch. Most recently, Erika completed THE JUDGE, a Peabody Award-winning documentary film that premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS’ 2018 Independent Lens series. Erika co-directed/produced, IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST, an Emmy award-winning documentary, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and broadcast on PBS’ 2016 Independent Lens series. Her work has been supported by IFP, the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Institute, Hot Docs, Sheffield, ITVS, Women in Film, BAVC and the CPB Producer’s Academy among others.
Angela Tucker
PRODUCER
Angela Tucker is a writer, director and Emmy nominated producer. She is series Producer for AfroPoP, co-produced and produced Pushing the Elephant. Her directorial work includes (A)sexual, Black Folk Don’t and (pre-production). She is passionate about telling stories that highlight underrepresented communities.
Christen Marquez
PRODUCER
Christen Marquez is an award winning producer and director whose independent work has been supported by the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Cal Humanities, the Independent Television Service, and Pacific Islanders in Communications. She has also produced nationally broadcast non-fiction content for Discovery, Nat Geo, PBS, and Film45.