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...
Grace, Milly, Lucy . . . Child Soldiers A film by Raymonde Provencher, 2010, 52 min., Color “It’s very easy to create a killing machine. Just imagine. You’re seven years old and taken away from your family . . . your parents are killed in f...
In the Name of the Family A Film by Shelley Saywell, 2010, 60 min., Color Schoolgirl Aqsa Parvez, sisters Amina and Sarah Said, and college student Fauzia Muhammad were all North American teenagers—and victims of premeditate...
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...
Quest for Honor A film by Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, 2009, 63 min., Color Now Available!
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Rough Aunties A film by Kim Longinotto, 2008, 103 min., Color Fearless, feisty and resolute, the “Rough Aunties” are a remarkable group of women unwavering in their stand to protect and care for the abused, negle...
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 fil...
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...
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...
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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