If you know of any other films dealing with Abuse issues which are
helpful, or have seen one of the films featured on this page and would
like to comment on it, please email
me!
Woman, Thou Art Loosed (REGION 1) (NTSC)
To purchase in the US:
Based on Bishop T.J. Jakes' novel and stage play, this is a brutal,
honest, and wonderfully acted film on the abuse of young women (statistics:
1 in 3 women have been molested between the ages of 5 and 15). It's
a topic not often talked about, fermenting in silence, guilt, and
anger, and so often will be continued from one generation to the
next. This is what happens in this story, as Cassey, abused by her
father, ends up with a boyfriend that rapes her daughter Michelle.
This award winning film shows how with the right script and fine
acting, one can make a riveting film on a shoestring budget. The
story is told in flashback, as Michelle tells Bishop Jakes about
her life in her jail cell, as she makes a house with no door, out
of matchsticks..
To purchase in the UK:
Sleeping With The Enemy [1990]
To purchase in the US:
Storyline: Julia Roberts plays Laura, a young,
married woman, who on the surface, leads a happy life. But behind
closed doors, her life is a nightmare. Her husband controls
her every move, beats her. One night, they go sailing, and Laura
falls into the water, and her husband thinks she has drowned,
because she could never swim. Only, she had learned to swim,
and she had not drowned. She escaped, and swam back to shore,
where she gathered her things and fled. She now lives a new
life, under a new identity, hoping and praying that her husband
won't discover that she's alive and find her. Only, he does,
and he is after her...
To purchase in the UK:
The Stepford Wives [2004]
Tu purchase in the US:
An all-star cast remakes the 1975 socio-political horror flick, The
Stepford Wives. After being fired as president of a television network,
Joanna (Nicole Kidman) has a nervous breakdown, prompting her husband
Walter (Matthew Broderick) to take her to a simple Connecticut town
called Stepford to recuperate. But Stepford is a little strange: The
husbands congregate at a closed-doors men's club, while the wives--all
in bright summer frocks and air-brushed smiles--exercise to keep their
hourglass figures and cook endless pastries. Joanna, along with new
arrivals Bobbie (Bette Midler) and Roger (the very funny Roger Bart),
soon discover that the mastermind of Stepford (Christopher Walken) has
used cybernetics to "perfect" womankind.
To purchase in the UK:
The Color Purple (REGION 1) (NTSC)
To purchase in the US:
Steven Spielberg, proving he's one of the few modern filmmakers
who has the visual fluency to be capable of making a great silent
film, took a melodramatic, DW Griffith-inspired approach to
filming Alice Walker's novel. His tactics made the film controversial,
but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness
of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images
is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening
shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the
way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather
belts banging against the head of the shaking bed.
To purchase in the UK:
Shattered Lives
The Telly Award-winning-documentary by Lori Joyce and Idanha Films.It
takes a new look at domestic violence and innovative programs to prevent
as well as intervene in this deadly cycle.
If you know of any other films dealing with Abuse issues which are
helpful, or have seen one of the films featured on this page and would
like to comment on it, please email
me!
Living with the Dominator by Pat
Craven is the book to accompany the Freedom Programme in the UK. This book
should be compulsory in schools - the information is so clear and so obvious
and such an eye-opener! After studying domestic violence issues for years, this
is the one book which finally enabled me to click it all into place and answer
all my whys. Just read it:
To order in the US: Living
With the Dominator
(Kindle version only - and well worth buying a Kindle just to get this book!)
Life after getting out of an abusive relationship
often continues to be a struggle, and It's My Life Now offers
guidance to overcoming common pitfalls, blending worksheets with insights on
self exploration and ongoing growth. From handling feels of loss and guilt to
overcoming feelings associated with having loved an abuser, this book continues
to offer invaluable lessons and be a real source of help and strength:
(Kindle version only - and well worth buying a Kindle just to get this book!)
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