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Defending Our Lives

Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States - more than rapes, muggings and automobile accidents combined (Surgeon General, US 1992). Producers/Directors Margaret Lazurus and Renner Wunderlich have made this Academy Award-winning video that exposes the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. The women being interviewed in this moving documentary have been imprisoned for killing their abusers and in each impassioned story they tell of the indifference of the law and criminal justice system to their unique situation. Included with each video is a study and resource guide with a special high school curriculum to facilitate discussions about domestic violence, human rights, criminal justice, and other related ideas.

Recommended for mature young adults

Date: 1993

Color
English - 42 minutes
English dubbed in Spanish - 30 minutes

 

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