UCLA: Machinal 2005 Directed by Kirsten Lee Brandt
"I HAD TO GET FREE"
Based on the case of Ruth Snyder in 1927 and the play written in 1928 by Sophie Treadwell, throughout nine episodes a Young Woman marries for emotional and financial independence in a patriarchal 1920's America, having a child before eventually succombing to a relationship with her true lover. In an attempt to be free, she murders her husband which leads to a highly publicised court case.
