"Dead Women Walking is the perfect example of the true power of film to change convictions and beliefs."

Film Inquiry
  • Archive - Festival 34
  • Director: Hagar Ben Asher
  • USA 2018
  • 100 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Told through nine moving vignettes, Dead Women Walking traces the final days of a series of women on death row, from two weeks before one inmate’s execution to mere minutes before another’s. As these narratives develop, the human toll of the death penalty—not only on the women convicted of violent crimes, but also on their families, prison officials, and ministers and counselors coaching them through their final days—comes into clear focus.

Hagar Ben-Asher crafts a devastating film with unforgettable moments of compassion and humanity.


  • Director Hagar Ben Asher
  • Production Clara Levy, Lorne Hiltser, Michael M. McGuire
  • Script Hagar Ben Asher
  • Cinematography David Stragmeister
  • Editing Nimrod Goldstein, Guy Nernesh, Ron Omer
  • Music Emir Isilay
  • Festivals Tribeca, Venice
  • Actors Dale Dickey, Dot Marie Jones, Lynn Collins, Colleen Camp, June Carryl, Ashton Sanders
  • Source Seville International, Toronto