Songs and movies about domestic violence
SONGS
- Rain on Me, Ashanti
- How Come, How Long, Stevie Wonder & Babyface
- Goodbye Earl, Dixie Chicks
- Independence Day, Martina McBride
- Run For Your Life, The Beatles
- Family Portrait, Pink
- Because of You, Kelly Clarkson & Reba McEntire
- Stan, Eminem
- Delia's Gone, Johnny Cash
- Face Down, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Joey, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- Out of Range, Ani DiFranco
- Hit Me with Your Best Shot, Pat Benatar
- Hell is for Children, Pat Benatar
- What's Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner
- Getting Better, The Beatles
- I'm OK, Christina Aguilera
- Janie's Got a Gun, Aerosmith
- The Last Song, Sleater-Kinney
- Terrorist, Heavens to Betsy
- U.N.I.T.Y., Queen Latifah
- Suggestion, Fugazi
- Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa, De La Soul
- Black Eyes, Blue Tears, Shania Twain
- Kim, Eminem
- Can U Control Yo Hoe, Snoop Dogg
- Every Breath You Take, The Police
- He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss), The Crystals, The Motels, Hole (written by Carol King and Gerry Goffin)
- Carmen, Georges Bizet
- (I) Used to Love Her (But I Had to Kill Her), Guns 'n' Roses
- Fire, Pointer Sisters, Bruce Springsteen
- Down By The River, Neil Young
- Hello Again, Dave Matthews Band
- Country Death Song, The Violent Femmes
- Letter to a John, Ani DiFranco
- She's Fixing Her Hair, Ani DiFranco
- Right Through You, Alanis Morissette
- Cocaine Blues, Johnny Cash
- Li'l Sadie, Traditional
- Ballad of Hollis Brown, Bob Dylan
- Luka, Suzanne Vega
- Alive, Pearl Jam
- The Banks of the Ohio, Porter Wagoner
- Excitable Boy, Warren Zevon
- The Cold Hard Facts of Life, Bill Anderson
- Murder Avenue, The Geto Boys
- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, AC/DC
- Superman, Eminem
MOVIES
- Bhaji on the Beach - An assortment of women, all ethnic Indians living in England, take a day trip to a seaside resort where their different stories mix and play themselves out.
- Boys on the Side - A buddy/road movie that explores the special relationships that can develop among women.
- The Burning Bed - Farrah Fawcett plays a woman reaching the breaking point with her abusive and brutal husband. Based on a true story.
- Coal Miner's Daughter - The film biography of country singer Loretta Lynn traces her impoverished Appalachian childhood through marriage at thirteen up to her reign as the "First Lady of Country Music."
- The Color Purple - Alice Walker's story about the growth to maturity and independence of a mistreated African-American woman in Georgia.
- Defending Our Lives - Academy Award-winning documentary about battered women imprisoned for killing their abusers which clearly demonstrates how the criminal justice system and society often fail to protect battered women.
- Fried Green Tomatoes - The story of friendships between women, starring Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy. Based on the novel by Fannie Flagg.
- Joy Luck Club - Based on the novel by Amy Tan, the film explores the turbulent lives of four Chinese women, each of whom emerges from mainland China's male-dominated society to face the challenge of raising a daughter in the United States.
- Kindergarten Cop - Arnold Schwarzenegger plays an undercover cop who poses as a kindergarten teacher.
- Ladybird, Ladybird - A single mother battles with social services for custody of her children.
- Once Were Warriors - A mother of five re-evaluates her 18-year marriage to her alcoholic, hot-tempered husband when his barroom violence moves tragically into their home life. Produced and filmed in New Zealand, the film also presents a view into the ways that urbanization has undermined the culture and strength of the Maories, indigenous peoples of that country.
- Othello - Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh star in Shakespeare's tragedy, the most famous tale of domestic homicide of all time.
- The Piano - A mute Scotswoman travels to New Zealand to marry a man she has never met.
- Raging Bull - Robert de Niro profiles prizefighter Jake La Motta.
- Sleeping with the Enemy - Julia Roberts escapes an abusive husband to start a new life.
- Sling Blade - The story of an outsider, newly released from a mental asylum, who tries to make a new life and reconcile his past.
- This Boy's Life - Autobiography of writer Tobias Wolff, starring Leonardo di Caprio, Ellen Barkin and Robert de Niro.
- What's Love Got to Do With It? - The story of Ike and Tina Turner.
Source: www.preventconnect.org/wiki/index.php?title=Movies_%26_Songs_related_to_Violence_Against_Women
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Barbara Martin, Heartly House CEO, took your questions at the end of our series.
View her responses. |
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See the emotion and hear the voices of those affected by domestic violence. Four videos are available for your viewing. |
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Search 214 final protective orders granted in 2007. Plus, here's a video explaining how we gathered the information. |
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View an interactive timeline of the domestic violence cases that occurred in the area in 2007. |
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Read the bios of five key players mentioned throughout the series and about one group's drive to end domestic violence. |
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Are you in an abusive relationship? Are you an abuser? Click here to read the warning signs.
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Who to call, where to go if you're in an abusive relationship.
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Read statements from affidavits attached to protective orders granted in 2007.
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Myths and facts about Domestic Violence.
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Key terms you need to know.
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Domestic violence in songs and movies.
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Take a look back at the original stories as the domestic violence cases unfolded in 2007.
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