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1) The accused
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A working-class woman is gang raped in the back room of a bar, then battles the legal system twice, going after both her attackers and the onlookers whose cheering fueled and encouraged the assualt.
2) M.F.A
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Language
English
Description
An art student taps into a rich source of creative inspiration after the accidental slaughter of her rapist. An unlikely vigilante emerges, set out to avenge college girls whose attackers walked free, all the while fueling a vivid thesis exhibition.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
A lurid tale of sex and psychosis is among the wildest of the Gainsborough melodramas. Set in Italy, it begins as a comparatively sedate tale about a respectable, convent-raised woman who is haunted by the memory of being raped as a teenager. But when her grown daughter returns from school, her life begins to unravel in monumentally surprising ways.
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English
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"Ariana Ruiz wants to be noticed. But as an autistic girl who never talks, she goes largely ignored by her peers--despite her bold fashion choices. So when cute, popular Luis starts to pay attention to her, Ari finally feels seen. Luis's attention soon turns to something more, and they have sex at a party--while Ari didn't say no, she definitely didn't say yes. Before she has a chance to process what happened and decide if she even has the right to...
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Language
English
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The Mulvaneys are blessed with a hard-working father, a loving mother, 3 fine sons and a pretty daughter. Confident in their position in a rural New York community, something happens on Valentine's Day, 1976--an incident hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home--rends the family life with tragic consequences.
6) Bandit Queen
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Language
Hindi
Description
Phoolan Devi was a murderer, kidnapper and living folk legend who had endured a life of rape and abuse after beng sold into marriage at the age of eleven. A spree of murders known as the Behmai Massacre to avenge the death of her lover made Devi the object of a police hunt. In prison from 1983 until 1994, she spent years being prosecuted by the Indian police, only to be turned into a legend by the Indian press.
7) Open window
Language
English
Description
Living a happy life in Los Angeles, Izzy's life is forever changed when a brutal crime shatters her world. As izzy battles the nightmares left behind, she finds an inner strength that transforms her and experiences the amazing power of love and forgiveness in surviving the unimaginable.
Publisher
First Run Features
Language
Türkçe
Description
When a young woman is raped, village custom requires an honor killing. The son of the village leader is given the task, but at the last moment has doubts. He and the young woman go on the run, followed by local thugs intent on killing her. Luckily, they meet up with an ex-university professor who is embarking on a sailing trip, and needs a crew. All three set forth together on a voyage that will change all of their lives.
10) Sudden impact
Series
Edition
Widescreen version ; Ultimate collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
Sensitive to outcries of police brutality, San Francisco Detective Harry Callahan bosses send him on an out-of-town assignment until events cool down. But wherever Harry goes, things just get hotter. This time, he is tracking a traumatized rape victim who coldly guns down her bygone attackers-- and as secrets come to light, starts striking an empathetic chord in the pursuing lawman.
11) Poetry
Publisher
Kino International
Language
Korean
Description
Mija is a beautiful woman in her sixties who moves gracefully through life, contemplating a trivial daily routine that is ill-suited to her refined persona. On a whim, Mija enrolls in a poetry class at the local cultural center and begins a personal quest to find the perfect words to describe her feelings. However, she's appreciate the wonders of the natural world, but a school girl's suicide initiates a chain of tragic events that will change her...
12) Hounddog
Publisher
Distributed by Empire Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Set in rural Alabama in the late 1950s, Lewellen lives with her stern grandmother, Grammie, but spends most of her time with her much-adored Daddy in his dilapidated shack. Daddy's wild side is tempered by his beautiful but troubled girlfriend, Ellen, who has a mysterious history but calming influence on the lonely, young girl. Lewellen is deeply talented and finds comfort and safety, as well as a place to put her hurt and rage, in the music of Elvis...
13) Precious
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain,...
14) Precious
Publisher
Lionsgate
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Pregnant for the second time by her father and abused by her mother, Harlem teenager Precious Jones finds hope through a counselor and a teacher at her new school.
Publisher
Olive Films
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Español
Description
Fausta suffers from 'The Milk of Sorrow', an illness transmitted through mother's milk by women who've been raped during Peru's civil wars. Stricken with the fear that she's contracted the illness from her mother's breast milk, Fausta goes to extreme lengths to protect her own sexuality and safety. After her mother's sudden death, she finds herself compelled to embark on a frightening journey for re-awakening, freedom, and wholeness.
16) Precious
Publisher
Lionsgate
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Pregnant for the second time by her father and abused by her mother, Harlem teenager Precious Jones finds hope through a counselor and a teacher at her new school.
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