AND SO I STAYED is an award-winning documentary by Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson 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.
“And So I Stayed’ examines how the courts treat women who kill their abusers. The movie played a role in one case that resulted in freedom after a conviction.” — The New York Times
- Year2021
- Runtime91 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorDaniel A. Nelson, Natalie Pattillo
- ScreenwriterNatalie Pattillo
- ProducerDaniel A. Nelson, Natalie Pattillo
- Executive ProducerNatalie Schreyer
- CastKim DaDou Brown, Nicole Addimando, Tanisha Davis
- CinematographerDaniel A. Nelson
- EditorTyler H. Walk
AND SO I STAYED is an award-winning documentary by Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson 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.
“And So I Stayed’ examines how the courts treat women who kill their abusers. The movie played a role in one case that resulted in freedom after a conviction.” — The New York Times
- Year2021
- Runtime91 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorDaniel A. Nelson, Natalie Pattillo
- ScreenwriterNatalie Pattillo
- ProducerDaniel A. Nelson, Natalie Pattillo
- Executive ProducerNatalie Schreyer
- CastKim DaDou Brown, Nicole Addimando, Tanisha Davis
- CinematographerDaniel A. Nelson
- EditorTyler H. Walk