Tutwiler

★ Director is an Academy Award nominee

Inside Alabama's Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, cameras follow pregnant inmates through labor, delivery, and the wrenching separation that follows when their newborns go home without them. Elaine McMillion Sheldon's intimate short puts faces to a system most viewers never see past the headlines.

Why it's free: Free on FRONTLINE's own PBS channel, co-producer with The Marshall Project.