Child Abuse/Incest
Blind Spot: Murder by Women A film by Irving Saraf, Allie Light and Julia Hilder, 2000, 87 min., Color Because murder by women is still relatively rare--only one out of eight murders in the United States is committed by a woman--women's own stories prov...
The Children We Sacrifice A film by Grace Poore, 2000, 61 min., Color Shot in India, Sri Lanka, Canada and the United States, and screened in 18 countries, this evocative, visually powerful documentary is about incestuou...
Dreams of Jagodina A film by Nora Malone, 2005, 29 min., Color Scripted from interviews with Serbian émigré Suzana Jeremic, DREAMS OF JAGODINA merges experimental, dreamlike visuals and documentary storytelling to...
Macho A film by Lucinda Broadbent, 2000, 26 min., Color In 1998, Managua, Nicaragua became host to one of the most publicized and controversial cases of sexual abuse to hit modern day Latin America. At the...
Runaway A film by Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini, 2001, 87 min., Color RUNAWAY is a powerful and heart-breaking documentary about a group of young runaway girls who are taken to a women's shelter in Tehran-Iran. The film ...
Secret Sounds Screaming A film by Ayoka Chenzira, 1986, 30 min., Color This sharp, creatively produced tape uses a tapestry of voices to examine the sexual abuse of young people. Children and teenagers, parents, social wo...
Sisters in Law A film by Kim Longinotto, Co-directed by Florence Ayisi, 2005, 104 min., Color Winner of the Prix Art et Essai at the Cannes Film Festival and screened to acclaim at more than 120 festivals around the world, SISTERS IN LAW is the...
Terra Nullius A film by Anne Pratten, 1992, 21 min., Color/BW TERRA NULLIUS evolved as part of a response by a generation of Australian Aborigines to the government’s assimilationist policies which removed childr...
2 Or 3 Things But Nothing for Sure A film by Tina DiFeliciantonio and Jane C. Wagner, 1997, 12 min., Color Acclaimed author Dorothy Allison (BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA) is profiled in this moving, inspiring film. Combining poetic imagery with powerful readings...
The Wash: A Cleaning Story A film by Eve Sandler, 1999, 9 min., Color Written, directed and produced by Eve Sandler, THE WASH is an autobiographical video narrative. This painterly work, which was shot in Hi-8, closely ...
What My Mother Told Me A film by Frances-Anne Solomon, 1995, 57 min., Color/BW Exquisitely beautiful and profoundly moving, WHAT MY MOTHER TOLD ME is a dramatic journey towards self discovery. The story focuses on Jesse, a young...
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