“This film is made for and by survivors. For them/us to feel heard, seen, and believed.”
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.
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Daniel A. Nelson Director · Natalie Pattillo Director Julian Lim Cinematographer
United States release June 12, 2021 · Produced in United States · Production Q&A Films, Moxie Firecracker Films
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Grit Pictures
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Q&A Films
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Moxie Firecracker Films
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United States
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English
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English
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United States · June 12, 2021
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