
Stacey Dooley goes behind closed doors and speaks to the now younger face of domestic violence. She questions victims and abusers to try and understand how deep the issues surrounding domestic abuse are for those who have survived and those currently experiencing the abuse.


Stacey Dooley goes behind closed doors and speaks to the now younger face of domestic violence. She questions victims and abusers to try and understand how deep the issues surrounding domestic abuse are for those who have survived and those currently experiencing the abuse.
2015-03-25
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7.0Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
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0.0This documentary film reveals how domestic violence occurs in real families. This film takes the audience into the stories hidden behind the doors of houses that appear peaceful from the outside, revealing the mental and physical suffering experienced by the victims. This film also tells the story of their struggle to find a way out of the cycle of violence, as well as the process of recovering from this trauma, by presenting narratives from victims, experts and psychologists.
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