October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, so we are revisiting a show from our archives about criminalized survival, the criminal justice system's long practice of imprisoning survivors of intimate partner violence when they fight back against their abusers. We'll hear from journalist Natalie Pattillo and filmmaker Daniel A. Nelson, who followed the stories of imprisoned women Kim Dadou Brown, Tanisha Davis and Nikki Addimando for their documentary film And So I Stayed. This show first aired in July 2023.

Featuring:

• Natalie Pattillo, journalist, mother and co-director of the film And So I Stayed
• Daniel A. Nelson, filmmaker, cinematographer and co-director of the film And So I Stayed

Credits:

Making Contact Team

• Episode Host: Amy Gastelum
• Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang
• Executive Director: Jina Chung
• Engineer: Jeff Emtman
• Digital Marketing Manager: Lissa Deonarain

Music via WFMU free music archive

• Poddington Bear, Alsace
• HoliznaCC0, Whatever 

Learn More: 

The Survivor's Justice Project | And So I Stayed Film | The National Domestic Violence Hotline

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