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"You Can't Beat a Woman!"
19971 h 35 min 37 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Gail Singer
Production: Joe MacDonaldGail SingerChes YetmanGraydon McCrea
Script: Gail Singer
A documentary with a punch, You Can't Beat a Woman delves into violence against women, journeying to six very different countries. In segments shot in Canada, Russia, Israel, South Africa, Chile and Japan, women survive their violent relationships with men. Reclaiming their lives from experiences of rape, incest and verbal and physical abuse, they search for sources of healing. Sometimes shocking, sometimes uplifting, the film presents a provocative perspective on the universal issue of women's human rights.
Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AfricaSouth America
- Law and Crime > Child AbuseHuman RightsViolence Against Women
- Women > Child AbuseViolence Against Women
- Foreign Countries > Eastern Europe and BalkansIsraelJapan
- Social Issues > Foreign SocietiesViolence Against Women
Credits
- director
- Gail Singer
- script
- Gail Singer
- narrator
- Gail Singer
- producer
- Joe MacDonald
- Gail Singer
- executive producer
- Ches Yetman
- Graydon McCrea
- camera
- Richard A. Stringer
- Ian Elkin
- Yvonne Miklosh
- Yakov Posseleski
- Dewald Aukema
- Pedro Valenzuela Concha
- sound
- Leon Johnson
- Danny Shitrit
- Veniamin Goryainov
- Tony Bensusan
- Akira Ishizaki
- Eugenio Gutierrez
- Ao Loo
- editing
- David New
- sound editing
- Jane Tattersall
- re-recording mixer
- Shelley Craig
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- music
- Donald Quan
Awards
- Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Social Issues International Film and Video Festival