Film

A Safe Distance

1986 · 27m · Documentary

The short documentary looks at some innovative approaches to providing services and accommodation for battered women in rural, northern, and Native communities. Filmed in Thompson and Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, and West Bay Reserve, Ontario, the film introduces the women who operate and use various types of accommodation such as transition houses, transition apartments, and safe houses. The shelter on West Bay Reserve is singled out as a project that was built by women for women to stand as a reminder that the Reserve will not tolerate violence against women. A Safe Distance is part of the The Next Step, a 3-film series about the services needed by and available to battered women.

• Tina HorneDirector · Producer
• Gerry RogersProducer
• Kathleen ShannonExecutive Producer
• Zoe DirseDirector of Photography
• Sidonie KerrEditor

Release date

January 1, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

27m

Genres

Documentary

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