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A SHOT AWAY part 1
IN FEBRUARY 2011, 17 CURRENT AND FORMER U.S. SOLDIERS FILED A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FAILING TO PREVENT RAPE IN THE MILITARY. WHILE THE SUIT TAKES AIM AT THE SYSTEMIC TOLERANCE OF A CLIMATE HOSTILE TO WOMEN, 2 OF THE PLAINTIFFS ARE MEN. A SHOT AWAY IS A DOCU-DRAMA ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE U.S. MILITARY; BASED ENTIRELY ON INTERVIEWS WITH AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY THEIR "FELLOW" SOLDIERS. TODAY WE SPEAK WITH THE DOCU-DRAMA'S AUTHOR, DONNA FIUMANO-FARLEY, DIRECTOR, MELANIE MOYER WILLIAMS, ACTRESSES LAURA ANDERSON,AND JACKIE SANDERS
A SHOT AWAY part 2
IN 2003, A SURVEY OF FEMALE VETERANS FOUND THAT 30 % SAID THAT THEY WERE RAPED IN THE MILITARY. A 2004 A STUDY OF VETERANS WHO WERE SEEKING HELP FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, FOUND THAT 71% OF THE WOMEN, SAID THEY WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OR RAPED WHILE SERVING. STATISTICALLY A WOMAN IN THE U.S. MILITARY IS FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE ASSAULTED BY A FELLOW SOLDIER THAN BE KILLED IN COMBAT. AND EVEN THOUGH WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WOMEN IN THE MILITARY, VERY FEW WILL REPORT AN ATTACK BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE BLOWBACK WILL DO TO THEIR CAREERS AND THAT SOMETIMES THE BLOWBACK CAN BE FATAL. ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT NO SOLDIER NEEDS TO BECOME A VICTIM? THE DOCU-DRAMA, A SHOT AWAY, IS LETTING THESE DEEPLY WOUNDED SOLDIERS, WOMEN AND MEN, BE HEARD!
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A SHOT AWAY part 1
IN FEBRUARY 2011, 17 CURRENT AND FORMER U.S. SOLDIERS FILED A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FAILING TO PREVENT RAPE IN THE MILITARY. WHILE THE SUIT TAKES AIM AT THE SYSTEMIC TOLERANCE OF A CLIMATE HOSTILE TO WOMEN, 2 OF THE PLAINTIFFS ARE MEN. A SHOT AWAY IS A DOCU-DRAMA ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE U.S. MILITARY; BASED ENTIRELY ON INTERVIEWS WITH AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY THEIR "FELLOW" SOLDIERS. TODAY WE SPEAK WITH THE DOCU-DRAMA'S AUTHOR, DONNA FIUMANO-FARLEY, DIRECTOR, MELANIE MOYER WILLIAMS, ACTRESSES LAURA ANDERSON,AND JACKIE SANDERS
A SHOT AWAY part 2
IN 2003, A SURVEY OF FEMALE VETERANS FOUND THAT 30 % SAID THAT THEY WERE RAPED IN THE MILITARY. A 2004 A STUDY OF VETERANS WHO WERE SEEKING HELP FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, FOUND THAT 71% OF THE WOMEN, SAID THEY WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OR RAPED WHILE SERVING. STATISTICALLY A WOMAN IN THE U.S. MILITARY IS FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE ASSAULTED BY A FELLOW SOLDIER THAN BE KILLED IN COMBAT. AND EVEN THOUGH WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WOMEN IN THE MILITARY, VERY FEW WILL REPORT AN ATTACK BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE BLOWBACK WILL DO TO THEIR CAREERS AND THAT SOMETIMES THE BLOWBACK CAN BE FATAL. ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT NO SOLDIER NEEDS TO BECOME A VICTIM? THE DOCU-DRAMA, A SHOT AWAY, IS LETTING THESE DEEPLY WOUNDED SOLDIERS, WOMEN AND MEN, BE HEARD!
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