Emmy-nominated and Oscar-shortlisted documentarian Catherine Gund’s new film “Paint Me a Road Out of Here” tells the story of how art and the women’s prison system intersect. Gund centers on the ...

Featuring artists Faith Ringgold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Paint Me a Road Out of Here uncovers the whitewashed history of Faith’s masterpiece “For the Women’s House” and follows its 50-year ...

On a spring afternoon in Englewood, New Jersey, nearly one year to the date before her passing this past April, renowned painter, quilter, writer, and activist Faith Ringgold was sitting on her porch.

As activists struggle against America’s crisis of mass incarceration, a new documentary relates the remarkable life of a painting created some five decades ago to give inspiration to imprisoned women.

“Black-ish” and “Grown-ish” star Yara Shahidi has signed on to executive produce the documentary “Paint Me a Road Out of Here,” which will make its world premiere at the DC/DOX Film Festival next ...

In 1971, underestimated artist Faith Ringgold made a monumental painting for the women incarcerated at Rikers Island jail called “For the Women’s House.” Fifty years later, artist Mary Baxter, who at ...

Exclusive: Catherine Gund directs the documentary centering on late artist Ringgold’s 1971 painting "For the Women’s House." The official synopsis reads: “A great painting tells a compelling story.