Victim: Prisoner 38750008

Magee, Virgil; Wayne, Virgil

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Title

Victim: Prisoner 38750008

Author(s)

• Magee, Virgil
• Wayne, Virgil

Contributor(s)

Hayes, Nancy

Issue Date

2024-02-02

Keyword(s)

• Experimental Film
• Survivor Testimony
• Intimate Partner Violence
• Sexual Abuse
• Carceral System
• Confessional Monologue
• Fourth-wall Address
• Time-lapse Aging
• Self-defense
• Gender-based Violence

Date of Ingest

2025-09-22T15:59:56-05:00

Abstract

Victim: Prisoner 38750008 is an experimental, interview-driven short centered on Olivia Darvish, an incarcerated woman serving 25-to-life for killing her abusive husband. In a fixed, confessional setup that breaks the fourth wall, Olivia recounts a lifetime of sexual abuse—first by her father, then by partners—culminating in the birthday-night assault that triggers her decisive act. As the camera slowly pushes in, an on-screen aging effect advances Olivia through decades in real time, turning testimony into temporal evidence of harm and punishment. The film poses a stark question—who gets punished in cases of lifelong victimization—and uses minimal mise-en-scène, direct address, and VFX aging to braid memory, trauma, and the carceral gaze into a single, unflinching statement.

Type of Resource

moving image

Language

eng

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17167847

Copyright and License Information

© 2020 Virgil Magee

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