Recently released from prison, Beth (Julianne Nicholson) is working with her public defender (Jimmy Smits) to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess (Emma Roberts), an idealistic young protégé of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause whether she likes it or not. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival** and the...

Rose-Lynn Harlan is bursting with raw talent, charisma, and cheek. Fresh out of jail and with two young kids, all she wants is to get out of Glasgow and make it as a country singer in Nashville. Her mom Marion has had a bellyful of Rose-Lynn's Nashville nonsense. Forced to take responsibility, Rose-Lynn gets a cleaning job, only to find an unlikely champion in the middle-class lady of the house.

Iran's fearless feminist director Tahmineh Milani pushes the envelope with a double-edged comedy-drama about a recently paroled woman who talks three other ex-cons into a get-rich-quick scheme. The scheme involves fleecing gullible men who are on the make, even though they are married. Despite the storyline's darker implications, Milani manages to infuse the film with some comic high jinks, particularly when the four young women turn the tables on...

Jerri Blank is a forty-seven year old ex-con, junky whore who decides to return home and finish high school after 32 years on the streets.