When Women Kill is a 1983 documentary film directed by Academy Award winner Lee Grant.
The film explores life inside several women's prisons across the United States and the circumstances that led to the incarceration of a variety of inmates.
Grant has spoken at length about the Manson family and the murder of her Valley of the Dolls co-star Sharon Tate.
The New York Times felt that though at moments the film had trouble balancing the morality of its subjects, "The truth is that the criminal-justice system is unsure itself about what to do about these women.
"[4][5] The film is part of Grant's documentary collection and is expected to receive a digital and limited repertory cinema re-release in the Winter of 2019-2020 along with the majority of her non-fiction work.