Prison Stories (various) [11] - An HBO produced woman-in-prison story in three chunks, directed by Penelope "Suburbia" Spheeris, Donna "Desert Hearts" Deitch and Joan "er..." Micklin Silver. As you'd expect from female directors, it's notably low on T&A, but despite the earnest approach, you still get drugs, catfights, a shower scene, etc. The strong cast - Rae Dawn Chong, Talisa Soto, Annabella Sciorra - helps, even if it might have been nice to have a male character who wasn't a drug dealer or thug. It's not exactly cheery stuff, with no real happy endings, but then again, neither is life. Sober stuff, yet perversely, still entertaining. B-