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Combining powerful interviews with documentary footage, this timely and
compelling videotape takes a comprehensive look at the issues still confronting
battered women twenty years after the beginning of the domestic violence
movement. Featuring the stories of three women - one a police officer - who
went through the Philadelphia family courts to ensure their safety, Breaking
the Rule of Thumb examines contemporary domestic violence in terms of changing
historical definitions of abuse. Incorporating individual stories into a strong
argument for legal reform, filmmaker Andrea Elovson exposes how domestic
violence's seemingly personal gender issues are inextricably tied to flawed
ideas of civil justice.
A Women Make Movies film. 35 minutes.
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