A Safe Distance (1986)

A Safe Distance

1986

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Tina Horne

Cast

Holly Dressel as Narrator (voice)

Michèle Magny as Narrator

Crew

Zoe Dirse (Director of Photography)

Sidonie Kerr (Editor)

Kathleen Shannon (Executive Producer)

Judith Gruber-Stitzer (Music)

Gerry Rogers (Producer)