"Until the Violence Stops" Trailer

Until the Violence Stops features playwright and activist Eve Ensler in a powerful film that documents how The Vagina Monologues grew into an international grassroots movement called V-Day to stop violence against women and girls. In 2002, eight hundred cities around the world participated in V-Day by staging benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues. Until the Violence Stops shows women from Harlem to Ukiah, California; from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to the Philippines and Kenya, uniting and courageously revealing their intimate and deeply painful experiences with abuse ranging from rape to female circumcision.

Director Abby Epstein takes us on a poignant journey into the hearts of women and includes revealing testimonies from men, who expose social and cultural attitudes that perpetuate the pervasive violence against women. In emotionally charged interviews and performances, everyday women and celebrities like Rosie Perez, Salma Hayek, Tantoo Cardinal, Jane Fonda, and LisaGay Hamilton embrace their bodies, reconcile their past, and bond together to break the silence that surrounds abuse.

More than just testimonies and performances, Until the Violence Stops is a film about empowerment and the importance of dialogue in the healing process. A celebration of women reclaiming their bodies and lives, this moving documentary leaves us with hope that change can happen.

In 2004, Until the Violence Stops world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and broadcast premiered on Lifetime Television. It has been screened at the Amnesty International Film Festivals in Amsterdam and Vancouver, as well as at the Miami and Maui Film festivals. In September, Toni Childs, David Ricketts, and Eddie Free received the 2004 Emmy award for Best Original Song for Because You Are Beautiful and in November, the film won top honor the Gold Audience Award - at the Amnesty International Film Festival in Vancouver.

Netflix released the DVD for rental via http://www.netflix.com. The DVD is also available for purchase from Docurama, http://www.docurama.com/productdetail.html?productid=NV-NVG-9702, or wherever fine DVDs are sold. Price:US $26.95.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• the vagina monologues
• until the violence stops
• v-day
• eve ensler

[diaz0068]

Female Genital Mutilation means that the woman's cliotis is completely cut off! While males is just the foreskin protecting the penis head, so males still keep their penises, but women who are circumcised have their WHOLE VULVAS CUT!!! Learn some female and male anatomy and other information before talking shit this is for you NautyKnight. And as for the violence against men is much lower than violence against women that happens to dominated the whole world unfortunately.

[kjerst89]

And why should violence against men stop before it stops to women? Shouldn't it ideally stop at the same time? You misogynistic prick.

[5dxrkodx5]

I would like 100 chicken fajitas

[iheartthesmalls]

Naughty Knight is an example. Lol. We all know of what ladies and many good gentlemen out there. NK will never get it. I wish NK could feel it to truly understand.

[QueenSemiramis]

@NautyKnight

You are fucked in the head. Get the professional help you need ASAP.

[periwinklemooose]

@NautyKnight

I am sad for you that you think that what you have to say is worthwhile. Who taught you these things? I hope that as you grow you will learn the that what you are saying is very wrong and hopefully something good will come out of that. I can't even tell you how much more violence is done against women. You really need to wake up to the real world.

[gbabe22]

Wow, "naughtyknight" needs a reality check. All of your information is incorrect and biased. Women aren't blaming men or saying men shouldn't be equal - equality means EVERYONE (at least for feminists... it doesn't seem like you think that). Read a book. When you are going to discuss serious issues, at least have enough respect to be educated on the topic.

[airandfingers]

"It has been proved that it will eliminate any chance of penile cancer"

jnci (dot) oxfordjournals (dot) org (slash) cgi (slash) content (slash) abstract (slash) 85 (slash) 1 (slash) 19

Two main points from that article: 1) There are uncircumcised men with penile cancer; 2) Men circumcised after the neonatal period had cancer occurrence rates similar to those who were circumcised within the neonatal period. This means penile cancer isn't a good reason for not letting men make their own choice.

[kjerst89]

But male circumcision is done for a completely different reason. It has been proved that it will eliminate any chance of penile cancer, and it is also believed to be done for hygiene. Proper sterilized equipment is used and necessary precautions and painkillers administered. But the female circumcision is done for traditions sake, but with no actual benefits, and causes great pain, infection or death.