(And So I Stayed)

Content: AND SO I STAYED is an award-winning documentary about survivors of abuse fighting for their lives and spending years behind bars. These women paid a steep price with long prison sentences, lost time with loved ones, and painful memories. Formerly incarcerated survivor-advocate Kim Dadou Brown, who met her wife while incarcerated, is a driving force in the passage of New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA), a new law meant to prevent survivors from receiving harsh prison sentences for their acts of survival. Nikki Addimando, a mother of two young children, suffered the consequences when a judge didn’t follow the law’s guidelines. Tanisha Davis, a single mother who was ripped away from her son in 2013, is hopeful the new law is her way out of a harsh prison sentence.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary,

Crime

Runtime:

91 minutes

Year:

2021

Directors:

Daniel A. Nelson

Production companies:

Grit Pictures,

Q&A Films,

Moxie Firecracker Films

Actors:

Self

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Crews:

Editor

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