La Corona (The Crown)

In a women’s prison in Bogotá, Colombia, the inmates compete in an annual beauty pageant. Four prisoners are profiled as they prepare for the contest; an unusual manifestation of a national obsession. The documentary is provocative, funny, exhilarating, and full of intimate details that reveal the prisoners’ lives. It is also sad and touching.”Obviously, winning a pageant in jail won’t get a girl a job on TV, an acting career, or a millionaire husband,”