And so I stayed.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Nelson, Daniel, director.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women prisoners--United States--Biography.

Women prisoners.

Abused women--United States--Biography.

Abused women.

Justifiable homicide--Law and legislation--New York (State).

Justifiable homicide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (01:31:11)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2021.

Language Note:

Closed-captions in English.

Summary:

And So I Stayed is an award-winning documentary about survivors of domestic violence who are unjustly incarcerated for killing their abusers in self-defense. These women paid a steep price with long prison sentences, lost time with loved ones, and painful memories. Formerly incarcerated survivor-advocate Kim Dadou Brown, who met her wife while in prison, is a driving force in the passage of New York's Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA), a new law meant to prevent survivors from receiving harsh prison sentences for their acts of survival. Nikki Addimando, a mother of two young children, suffered the consequences when a judge didn't follow the law's guidelines. Tanisha Davis, a single mother who was ripped away from her son in 2013, is hopeful the new law is her way out of a harsh prison sentence.

Participant:

Director, Daniel A. Nelson.

Notes:

Description based on XML content.

ISBN:

1-03-624692-2

9781036246921

OCLC:

1584443807

Publisher Number:

301628