This film explores a simple, but deeply disturbing fact of American life. The most dangerous place for a woman in America is her own home. The knee-jerk response is to ask, 'why doesn't she just leave?' Private Violence shatters the brutality of this logic. Through the eyes of two survivors we bear witness to the complicated and complex realities of intimate partner violence.

This film explores a simple, but deeply disturbing fact of American life. The most dangerous place for a woman in America is her own home. The knee-jerk response is to ask, 'why doesn't she just leave?' Private Violence shatters the brutality of this logic. Through the eyes of two survivors we bear witness to the complicated and complex realities of intimate partner violence.