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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This 11-minute documentary gives insight into the activist efforts of a group of men in the town of Gloucester, MA. Using footage from anti-violence marches and centering on community men speaking out against violence and domestic abuse, this video is an effective case study of how men can come together to challenge the violent construction of masculinity. With its focus on taking action to make change, Breaking our silence is an excellent case study...
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bunny King is a mother of two and a rough-cut diamond with a sketchy past. While battling the system to try and reunite with her children, a confrontation leads Bunny to take her niece Tonyah under her wing. With the world against them both, Bunny's battle has just begun.
4) Ocean boy
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Bosch, a young father, goes on the run with his son, Rockit, who believes they're on a magical holiday.
5) Raging bull
Language
English
Formats
Description
Robert De Niro teams up with director Martin Scorsese to create one of cinema's eternal masterpieces. Nominated for eight Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Director, this contemporary classic is "ambitious, violent, poetic and lyrical" (The New York Times). De Niro turns in a powerful, Best Actor Oscar®-winning performance as Jake La Motta, a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both...
6) Rewind
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Formats
Description
Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival** and the **Mill Valley Film Festival**.
7) Mom and dad
Publisher
Momentum Pictures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.
8) Bug
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Agnes has finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Goss, who has recently been released from state prison. Agnes is a lonely waitress with a tragic past who moves into a sleazy, run-down Oklahoma motel room with her lesbian co-worker R.C. She, in turn, introduces Agnes to Gulf War veteran, Peter, a peculiar, paranoiac drifter and they begin a tentative romance. However, things don't always seem as they appear and Agnes is about to experience a claustrophobic...
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Holly Collins came to the family court of Minnesota with the intention of bringing charges of domestic violence against her ex-husband. The courts granted full custody of her children to her and her children's abuser. In 1994, Holly Collins became an international fugitive when she ignored the court's ruling, grabbed her three children, and went on the run from her abusive ex-husband.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 2007 a group of Aboriginal women from the Fitzroy Valley in Australia's remote northwest decided enough was enough. Their community had experienced 13 suicides in 13 months. Reports of family violence and child abuse were commonplace and alcohol consumption was rising at an alarming rate. Something had to be done. Something had to change. A group of courageous Aboriginal women from across the Valley came together to fight for a future. For everyone...
11) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a self-destructive spiral of paranoia and rage.
12) A vigilante
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Give her a call, and she'll give justice. After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. Now, after months of rigorous training in survival skills, boxing, and lethal martial arts, Sadie is back with a vengeance in this fight-packed action-thriller.
13) Bleeding heart
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Reserved yoga instructor May lives a peaceful, clean-living life with her boyfriend. Her carefully maintained equilibrium is thrown out of balance by the arrival of her long-lost sister Shiva; a street-smart yet naive young woman caught working the streets and in an abusive relationship. May feels compelled to rescue the hapless Shiva but as she takes steps to pull Shiva back from the edge she finds herself increasingly drawn out of her sedate world...
14) Lightning bug
Publisher
Dry County Films
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
Description
A story of a young boy growing up poor and misunderstood in the rural South. He dreams of escaping by becoming a special effects make-up artist in Hollywood. In the tiny bedroom of his rundown mobile home, he teaches himself how to create his favorite horror movie characters but the real monster is down the hall, drinking at the kitchen table, waiting for the next victim.
15) Take my eyes
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Español
Description
A terrified Pilar hastily flees from her husband Antonio's rage in the middle of the night with her young son as if her life depends on it. Reaching her sister Ana's house, Pilar breaks down in turmoil. Banging on Ana's front door is Pilar's husband, Antonio, who in a fit of rage screams for Pilar to return home. With Ana's support, Pilar is determined to save herself from Antonio's rage. Yet the very passionate Antonio is far from a one-dimensional...
16) Falling down
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
After he's downsized from his job, an emotionally unstable man slowly loses his mind, unleashing a spree of violence on those that he sees as detriments to society.
17) Raging Bull
Series
Criterion collection volume 1134
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
18) Distant voices
Publisher
Arrow Academy
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Loosely based on the director's own family and upbringing, it presents an evocative account of working-class life in Liverpool, England during the 1940s and '50s. Births, marriages and deaths, and an expressive use of music, provide the underpinning for a film that is beautiful, heartbreaking, resonant but never sentimental. Now regarded as a masterpiece of British cinema, and boasting a startling performance from Pete Postlethwaite as the head of...
19) A vigilante
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Give her a call, and she₂ll give justice. After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life₂s mission to help free others in danger. Now, after months of rigorous training in survival skills, boxing, and lethal martial arts, Sadie is back with a vengeance in this fight-packed action-thriller.
Publisher
Thomas Nash
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Stories from victims and perpetrators tell it all. Abusers talk about how and why they became violent. Victims talk about the abuse they suffered, why they did not end the relationship, and why they still love their batterers. A daughter explains how her father's need for complete power and control has continued to affect her as an adult. Along with these compelling stories, this documentary details one community's unique approach to handling domestic...
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