The documentary, And So I stayed by Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson will open the 15th Film Festival for Women’s Rights (Korea) which will take place from December 8th – 12th 2021, at the CGV Arthouse Apgujeong, Seoul.

– Opening Film –

AND SO I STAYED is an award-winning documentary about survivors of abuse fighting for their lives and spending years behind bars. These women paid a steep price with long prison sentences, lost time with loved ones, and painful memories. Formerly incarcerated survivor-advocate Kim Dadou Brown, who met her wife while incarcerated, is a driving force in the passage of New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA), a new law meant to prevent survivors from receiving harsh prison sentences for their acts of survival. Nikki Addimando, a mother of two young children, suffered the consequences when a judge didn’t follow the law’s guidelines. Tanisha Davis, a single mother who was ripped away from her son in 2013, is hopeful the new law is her way out of a harsh prison sentence.

Screening Dates:
December 8th, 2021 | Wednesday | ART 3 | 19:00 pm
December 11th, 2021 | Saturday | ART 1 | 20:10 pm
December 12th, 2021 | Sunday | ART 3 | 14:10 pm

To know more about the festival go to: http://fiwom.org/eng/main/main.html