Purgatory

Year: 1988

Runtime: 89 mins

Language: English

Director: Ami Artzi

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Arrested 7,000 miles from home. Sentenced for a crime she didn’t commit. Two Peace Corps volunteers in Africa are framed and put into an oppressive women’s prison.

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