ABA Publications
American Bar Association - Commission on Domestic Violence
Washington, DC 20005
(312) 988-5522
It’s NOT Okay: Let’s Talk about Domestic Violence
A young man discusses domestic violence and emphasizes the effects on children and what to do to stay safe if a child lives in a violence home. Safety planning addressed. (Ages 7-12, 10 min.)
Cambridge Documentary Films
P.O. Box 390385
Cambridge, MA 02139-0004
617-484-3993
www1.shore.net/~cdf
www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org
Strong at the Broken Places
Award-winning film about people whose lives have been “devastated by trauma and loss, and who find common ground for their journey’s to recovery.” Addresses personal strength, hope, and resilience despite the odds. (Adult audiences, 38 min, with study guide.)
Defending Our Lives
Winner of the 1994 Academy Award for short documentary, this incredible film documents the lives of four women all incarcerated for killing their batterers. The women interviewed are members of a grass-roots organization called ‘Battered Women Fighting Back.” (Adult audiences, 30 and 42 minute versions, also available in Spanish, with resource study/guide.)
Cinema Guild
Video and Film Catalog
www.cinemaguild.com
Committee for Children
www.cfchildren.org
Consortium of College and University Media Centers (CCUMS)
www.indiana.edu/~ccumc/rentaldirectory.html
Discover Films, Inc.
http://www.discover-films.com
Violence Begins at Home
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Princeton, NY
1-800-257-5126/609-275-1400
Bill Moyer’s Special Series (PBS)
What Can We Do About Violence? Solutions for Children (Part 4)
(1998, 56 min.)
Film Ideas, Inc.
Collection on Violence Prevention and Conflict Resolution
www.filmideas.com
The Last HIT: Child & Violence
Intermedia Films
www.intermedia-inc.com
You’re Hurting Me, Too
Film on the effects of domestic violence on children. (1996, 24 minutes, comes with guide). (30-day preview is free, purchase price is $189.00)
Kidsrights
1-800-892-KIDS
Secret Wounds
(33min) Seven vignettes, and drawings by children.
Kinetic Video, Inc.
255 Delaware Ave., Suite 340
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-856-7631
www.kineticvideo.com
Tulip Doesn’t Feel Safe
Animated film validates children’s feelings and experiences when their parents or other significant adults fight. Gives strategies for children’s safety planning. A workbook is also available. (For children K-3, 13 min)
Also distributed by: Johnson Institute
Minneapolis, MN 55439-2159
1-800-231-5165
www.johnsoninstitute.com
Learning Publications, Inc.
www.learningpublications.com
London Family Court Clinic
254 Pall Mall Street, #2000
London, Ontario CANADA
N6A 5P6
519-679-7250
A School-based Anti-violence Program (ASAP)
A school-based prevention/early-intervention program. Addresses the roles of everyone from the board to the classroom. Includes curriculum and video.
Media Education Foundation
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis of Masculinity
Media Guild, The
1172 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite E
San Diego, CA 92121
(619) 755-9191
The Crown Prince
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, this video shows the feelings and frustrations of two sons of a battered one, on a grade-school child, and the other a teenage. The films explores children’s disclosure of violence to a teacher. (For children 10-13 yrs, and/or teachers and parents, 38 min.)
Media Ventures Video
Minneapolis, MN
55409
TOUCH: What your child needs to know.
Performed by Illusion Theater Company, Minneapolis, MN (612-339-4944)
Through vignettes the play on video shows the continuum of touch from neglectful touch to abusive touch, esp. focused on preventing sexual abuse of young children.
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women (MCBW)
Griggs-Midway Building-First Floor
1821 University Avenue, W.
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-646-6177
www.mcbw.org
Will loan films that they have available from their resource library.
National Film Board of Canada
212-586-5131
www.nfb.ca/E/index.html
Has series of films related to preventing family violence.
-Also available from -
Benerjee Associates
Skillman, NJ 08558
(609) 683-1261
Behind Closed Doors: Multicultural Documentary on Family Violence (1998)
How Then Shall We Live
Survivors of violence talk about how they left abusive relationships and about their road to recovery. (1999)
Kids’ Stuff
Combines drawings and puppet animation to convey how domestic violence can tear at the equilibrium and sensitivity of a child who hears his mother being beaten. “Intense and powerful.” (6 min.)
Violence Against Women: Breaking the Silence (1995)
National Training Project
Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
202 East Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 722-2781
www.duluth-model.org
In Our Best Interest (Training Materials)
Power & Control: Tactics of Men Who Batter (Materials and Video)
Domestic Violence & the Law
Walking in Balance
The Journey Part I & Part II
Working with Native American Men Who Batter
Profile of an Assailant
Also - Various other Lectures/Training Materials
New Day Films
Franklin Lakes, NJ
www.newday.com
To Have and To Hold
Film tells the story of wife abuse from the man’s experience of it. Several former clients of Boston General Hospital’s EMERGE program and their partners discuss the abuse and violence in their relationships and the steps they took to change it.
Pearson Learning
MTI/Film & Video
Illinois
1-800-621-2131
Tell ‘Em How You Feel
Story of a child who feels all alone and is angry at his parents and best friend. A friendly troll from the woods teaches him how to handle anger and conflicts without holding in feelings or resorting to violence and fighting. (Grades K-4/6, 18 min.)
It’s Not Always Happy at My House
Dramatization of family violence, mother and three children end up leaving to go to a shelter. Shows how the violence may affect siblings differently due to age, gender, and sibling order. (9-12/College/Adult, 34 min.)
What Tadoo with Fear?
With the help of puppets this film explores both the positive and negative elements of fear. It uses realistic examples of situations to show children how they can deal with their fears and open up to adults they trust. (K-4, 20 min)
What Tadoo with Secrets?
SAFE Place
Battle Creek, MI
Battered Hearts: A Story of Family Violence
(1996, 12 min)
Terra Nova Films
Chicago
1-800-779-8491
West Virginia Coalition Against DV
304-956-3552
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