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Domestic Violence

By

Frederick Wiseman

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE shows the Tampa, Florida police responding to domestic violence calls and the work of The Spring, the principal shelter in Tampa for women and children. Sequences with the police include police response, intervention, and attempted resolution of domestic violence calls. Sequences at the shelter include intake interviews, individual counseling sessions, anger management training, group therapy, staff meetings, conversations among clients and between clients and staff, and school activities, therapy and counseling for children at the shelter.

Festivals & Awards

Chicago International Film Festival – Best Documentary – 2001

Press

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE examines the ambiguous nature of human bonds, the nightmare versions of romance and family love. Virtually all the people we see, male and female, insist that they love the ones they torment.

The New Yorker

Original title: Domestic Violence

Production: Zipporah Films Inc.

Nationality: USA

Year of production: 2001

Running time: 196'

Language: English

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