Criminalized Survival

Published: July 26, 2023, 8 a.m.

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Journalist Natalie Pattillo and filmmaker Daniel A. Nelson created the documentary film And So I Stayed to raise awareness about criminalized survival. This is the criminal justice system\\u2019s long practice of imprisoning survivors of intimate partner violence when they fight back against their abusers. Pattillo, herself a survivor, followed the stories of Kim Dadou Brown, Tanisha Davis and Nikki Addimando, women imprisoned for killing their abusers in a struggle to survive.\\xa0

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Featuring:

  • Natalie Pattillo, journalist and mother
  • Daniel A. Nelson, filmmaker and cinematographer\\xa0

Making Contact Team:

  • Host: Amy Gastelum
  • Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang
  • Executive Director: Jina Chung
  • Interim Senior Producer: Jessica Partnow
  • Engineer: Jeff Emtman\\xa0

Music Credits: via WFMU free music archive

  • Poddington Bear, Alsace
  • HoliznaCC0, Whatever\\xa0

Photo by Daniel A. Nelson, \\xa9 Grit Pictures LLC.

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Making Contact is a 29-minute weekly program committed to investigative journalism and in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. On the web at\\xa0www.radioproject.org.

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