Alex Lambert's The Mark of Cain

The film we watched in class on friday was very interesting to watch. It was great to learn that even though people enduring hard life punishment, they have something that has meaning to them. As a society, which I consider them to be, they can all relate based on the art they put on their bodies. Each tattoo meant something to them, and others could tell something about them based on what the tattoos looked like. It was also very interesting to note a very heavy shift in their feelings toward their tattoos. Once the film interviewed the women at their detention center, the mood shifted from the importance of the tattoos to some regretting them. It was a very interesting shift that I wasn't expecting. From the beginning of the film I was convinced about the importance of their tattoos. Now, I know not everyone regretted every tattoo, but there was definitive change in attitude.