Stranger Inside

This terrific, rarely seen women’s prison drama from Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman) stars Yolonda Ross (Whitney, The Chi) as a tough young butch named Treasure seeking out her long-lost lifer mother in a maximum security lockup, while also pursuing the beautiful femme Sugar (to the annoyance of Sugar’s girlfriend). This suspenseful, gritty drama thoughtfully grapples with the complex racial dynamics of a diverse array of incarcerated women. And, like the Netflix series it predated by more than a decade (Orange Is the New Black), a massive amount of lesbian drama takes center stage.