The Female Offender

The Female Offender (1995) is a documentary film directed by Mary Ann Toman.

An exploration of the space where femininity and criminality collide. The film collages archival footage clips culled from silent films, original footage and computer-generated imagery with a series of narratives drawn from true crime confessions, early criminological texts, and the filmmaker's own reflections. The result is a cool and piercing meditation on the way the categories of "woman" and "criminal" have been constructed.

Cast

Kaisa Ajaye

Strongarm

Jaqueline Bose

Horsethief

Molan Chow

Poisoner

Janet Dalton

Suffragette

Regina Freitas

Shoplifter

Eve Heller

Infanticide

Eileen Lopez

Blackmailer

Margot Lovejoy

Murderer

Susan Peehl

Pickpocket

Maja Zrnić

Prostitute