To love, honor and obey / a Third World Newsreel production ; [director, Christine Choy] ; [executive producer, Marlene Dann].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Choy, Christine, director.

Third World Newsreel (Firm), publisher, film distributor.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abused wives--United States.

Marital violence--United States.

Family violence--United States.

Women--Crimes against.

Powell, Bernadette, 1952-.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (54 minutes)

Other Title:

To love, honor & obey

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : Third World Newsreel, 1980.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

This film explores the social, psychological and cultural factors that contribute to violence against women regardless of ethnicity or economic background. Survivors, safe house administrators, counselors, police officers, and male abusers in counseling explore the many factors that contribute to the pervasiveness of this tragic aspect of American family life. Shot in battered women's shelters, urban and suburban neighborhoods, counseling centers, and even in a county jail where a woman has been incarcerated for the murder of her abusive husband.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed July 14, 2020).

OCLC:

1191033032

Publisher Number:

ASP5064979/marc