Part of a 12 film series profiling organizations and individuals working to improve the response to sexual violence across the United States. Stories from Colorado Springs, to Arizona, to Philadelphia profile the people on the front lines of support for people facing sexual violence - with a special focus on the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE). The series explores a variety of approaches to ensure survivors are treated with support, respect and understanding of their choices as survivors.
This short explores the role of stigma in preventing survivors of sexual violence to see the help and support they need. Filmed in collaboration with the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners of Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
Every response to sexual violence needs to take the community its unique culture into consideration when designing programs to improve response to sexual violence. Filmed in collaboration with the Safe Star program of the Tohono O’odhom tribe of Arizona.