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When Women Kill

Barbara Doran / CA / 1994 / 47 ' / English

Credits

Barbara Doran, Annette Clarke, Signe Johansson and Jerry McIntosh
Morag Productions Inc.

Awards & Festivals

Medal - Category: Social Issues / Current Events Category International Competition January 20 1995, Chappaqua - USA

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A powerful documentary about three battered women who, after years of violence, kill their abusers.

Synopsis

What would make an ordinary woman kill her husband? This powerful documentary is about three battered women who, after years of violence, kill their abusers. These women killed when they felt they had no other options: the police and the courts did not protect them, and society failed to take them seriously. When Women Kill challenges the legal system to confront the systemic and widespread violence that men inflict daily on the home front.