Shelter (2003)
Directed by Anne Lewis
Sub-Genres - Social Issues, Biography, Law & Crime, Gender Issues |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
The evolution of shelters for battered women, from the first, in St. Paul, Minn., in 1974, and the grass-roots movement that's led to approximately 1200 shelters today. Included: interviews with four women currently seeking protection in a rural West Virginia shelter.
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domestic-violence, freedom, grassroots, healing, hope, movement [social change], refuge, rurality, safe-house, safety, shelter, survivor, women's-issues
