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SIMA 2023 SYSTEMIC CHANGE AWARD | SPIRIT AND AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER - Brooklyn Film Festival (World Premiere)
Criminalized Survival • Liberation • Grassroots Activism • Generational Trauma • Domestic Violence • Court & Prison System • Post-Traumatic Stress • Gender-Based & Family ViolenceDate of Completion: 2021 | Run Time: 91 minutes | Language: English | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript & Study Guide (Available Upon Purchase) | Directors: Natalie Pattillo & Daniel A. Nelson | Producers: Natalie Pattillo & Daniel A. Nelson | Writer: Natalie Pattillo | Director of Photography: Daniel A. Nelson | Cinematographer: Julian Lim | Associate Producer: Julian Lim | Executive Producer: Natalie Schreyer | Editor: Tyler H. Walk | Composer: Osei Essed
AND SO I STAYED is an award-winning documentary about survivors of domestic violence who are unjustly incarcerated for killing their abusers in self-defense. 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 in prison, 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.
The New York Times
"A heartfelt window into domestic abuse."
Chicago Tribune
"Victims of domestic violence see their struggle in film."
ABC | Kyra Phillips, Anchor
"Two directors are shining a light on survivors of abuse."
Vox | Marin Cogan
“In focusing on the stories of survivors, the filmmakers challenge viewers to reconsider some of the dominant narratives about women and violence.”
Prism | Tamar Sarai, Writer
“And So I Stayed disrupts how [true crime] encourages us to think about crime, harm, violence, and those who survive it.”
AWARDS
Spirit and Audience Award for Best Documentary | Brooklyn Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature | St. Louis International Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature | Monadnock International Film Festival
Systemic Change Award | SIMA Awards
For a full list of upcoming and past screenings, please visit here: https://andsoistayedfilm.com/upcomingscreenings
Director, Writer & Producer of AND SO I STAYED

Director, Producer & Director of Photography of AND SO I STAYED

SURVIVOR ADVOCATE IN AND SO I STAYED
