It really balanced me. I also started taking photography and filmmaking course and found that this was something I really loved to do. As I said, I started the film in 1991, and at that time, there really wasn't a lot of public discussion about domestic violence. That didn't happen until around 1993. One thing that troubles me is that there are so few programs that work with abused women, yet there are even fewer that address the men that perpetrate this abuse.
Abusers are really good at finding women who have no self esteem, who are so victimizable.
I think that really has to change, for things to get better. Men have to seek treatment as well, and we need to focus on that. Our culture has to change so that we can keep the abuser from hurting fifteen other women down the road. They've been very happy with the film, and I've been thrilled with response from the community. The York Street Women's Shelter and Massachusetts Coalition for Battered Women has used it for outreach and training.