Movie Stories

One of my previous posts was about the author, Vanessa Collier. It turns out that she is putting together two films about the subject of domestic violence. One is a documentary with victims who want to share their story and the other will be a full length feature film with a fictional character. She has gotten some discouragement from people about the subject matter, but I firmly believe there is a market out there for it because I've seen several films, including docudramas about the issue. See the links below for a few to check out.

Vanessa plans to visit Phoenix during this summer to do some filming. She and her sister will both have portraits done for Bravery, so it is a very exciting time.

This is a good opportunity for those of you in the Bravery program (or for any survivor) to further the awareness by volunteering to be part of the documentary. If you are interested, please email Vanessa at mailto:van50c@aol.com.


Just a reminder that the Cup O Karma event is coming up this Friday, May 2nd. This evening will be a lot of fun with live music, food, silent auction, raffle, kid stuff, and of course the Bravery Portraits and boy are there some neat ones. Please come join us at Inside the Bungalow from 6:00 - 9:00 and help out Fix the Hurt, Mesa Police, and SEEDS programs. Every little bit helps. Make sure to come say hi to me.

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Here is a short list of movies on the subject of domestic violence just to prove that there is an audience for this type of creative outlet. There are too many films to list here. Look into these movies if you haven't seen them. ( a word of caution: Bastard out of Carolina and Sleepers is tough to watch)

Waitress
The Burning Bed
The Color Purple
Bastard Out of Carolina
What's Love Got to Do With It?
Enough
Fried Green Tomatoes
Sleepers
No One Would Tell
Long list of movies aired on Lifetime cable channel that includes docudrama: A Cry for Help:The Tracy Thurman Story, which led to changes in legislation and police reform to domestic violence calls.