Congratulations to Collaborative Studio alumnus Katia Maguire on her film Purchase Home Truth! After directing/producing it for nine years with her filmmaking partner April Hayes, Home Truth will have its world premier at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in NYC this Sunday, June 11th and Monday, June 12th. We posted about this project in 2009 and are so happy to see it grow!
Here is a synopsis:
In 1999, Colorado mother Jessica Gonzales experiences every parent’s worst nightmare when her three young daughters are killed after being abducted by their father in violation of a domestic violence restraining order. Devastated, Jessica files a lawsuit against the police, claiming they did not adequately enforce her restraining order despite her repeated calls for help that night. Determined to make sure her daughters did not die in vain, Jessica pursues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and an international human rights tribunal, seeking to strengthen legal rights for domestic violence victims. Meanwhile, her relationship with her one-surviving child, her son Jessie, suffers, as he struggles with the tragedy in his own way. Filmed over the course of nine years, HOME TRUTH chronicles one family’s pursuit of justice, shedding light on how our society responds to domestic violence and how the trauma from domestic violence tragedies can linger throughout generations.
Home Truth is a co-production of Adequate Images, Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), with funding provided by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Additional funding was provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, the International Documentary Association Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund, and The Fledgling Fund. It has been produced with the support of the Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant, the Independent Film Project, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, and Women Make Movies.
There will be two screenings: one at the IFC Center on Sunday June 11th at 6:30pm with a 40 minute discussion, and one at the Lincoln Center-Walter Reade Theater on Monday June 12th at 8:45pm with a 30 minute discussion. Discussions after the film will be with film subject Jessica Lenahan (formerly Gonzales); directors Katia Maguire and April Hayes; Carrie Bettinger-Lopez, former White House Advisor on Violence Against Women; and Lenora Lapidus, Director, ACLU Women’s Rights Project.
Tickets for the Sunday screening can be purchased HERE and tickets for the Monday screening can be purchased HERE. There will be a reception that all are welcome to attend before the Monday screening at 7:45pm in the Furman Gallery, next to the Walter Reade Theater.
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