Bibbe Hansen, Edie Sedgwick, Pat Hartley,
and Sandy Kirkland during the filming of Prison
(photographer: Stephen Shore)

Andy Warhol's film, Prison (SG146) aka Girls In Prison (BN54) starred Edie Sedgwick, Marie Menken and Bibbe Hansen. During the filming Warhol was assisted by Gerard Malanga and sound technician Buddy Wirtschafter.

Jonas Mekas:

"Edie and Bibbe are sitting on a box in a bare room, Bibbe telling her jail experiences. Marie brings coffee. Women guards come in and rob them of all their belongings. The camera is static." (BN54)

Prison has been rarely shown and according to Jonas Mekas "exists in original only". (SG146)

Technical details: 16mm/70mins/BW/24fps/sound on tape recorded separately during filming.

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