Private violence / HBO Documentary Films presents ; a Markay Media production ; produced and directed by Cynthia Hill ; co-producers, Malinda Maynor Lowery and Rex Miller ; executive producers Cindy Waitt, Gloria Steinem, Reginia K. Scully, Julie Parker Benello, Wendy Ettinger, Judity Helfand and Lilly Hartley.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hill, Cynthia, film producer, film director, producer, director.

Gruelle, Kit, special advisor, associated name.

Steinem, Gloria, executive producer, producer.

Vickers, Tom, editor of moving image work, editor.

Johnson, Chuck (Composer), composer (expression), composer.

Waitt, Cindy, executive producer, producer.

Scully, Reginia K., executive producer., producer.

Benello, Julie Parker, executive producer, producer.

Ettinger, Wendy, executive producer, producer.

Helfand, Judith, 1964- executive producer, producer.

Hartley, Lilly, executive producer, producer.

HBO Documentary Films, presenter, production company, producer.

Markay Media, LLM, production company, producer.

Women Make Movies (Firm), film distributor, distributor.

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abused women--United States.

Abused women.

Abusive men.

Battered woman syndrome.

Abused wives.

United States.

Abused wives--United States.

Battered woman syndrome--United States.

Victims of family violence--United States.

Victims of family violence.

Abusive men--United States.

Family violence--United States.

Family violence.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Women Make Movies 2014.

System Details:

DVD-R ; NTSC format, all regions ; widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio ; stereo.

digital optical stereo Dolby Digital Plus

NTSC

video file DVD video

Summary:

Private violence explores a simple but deeply disturbing fact of American life: the most dangerous place for a woman in America is her own home. Every day in the U.S., at least four women are murdered by abusive partners or ex-partners. Through the eyes of two survivors: Deanna Walters (a mother who seeks justice for the crimes committed against her at the hands of her estranged husband), and Kit Gruelle (an advocate who seeks justice for all women-we bear witness to the complex realities of intimate partner violence). Their experiences challenge entrenched and misleading assumptions, providing a lens into a world that is largely invisible. Private violence begins to shape powerful, new questions that hold the potential to change our society: "Why does he abuse?" "Why do we turn away?" "How do we begin to build a future without domestic violence?"

Participant:

Featuring Kit Gruelle and Deanna Walters.

Credits:

Cinematography, Rex Miller ; film editor, Tom Vickers ; music composer by Chuck Johnson.

Notes:

Originally broadcast on HBO on October, 20, 2014.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

OCLC:

900731160