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Hatch-Billops Collection, Suzanne, Suzanne
directed by Camille Billops, 1933- and James Hatch, in Hatch-Billops Collection (New York, NY: Third World Newsreel, 1982), 26 mins
This poignant documentary profiles a young black woman's struggle to confront the legacy of a physically abusive father and her headlong flight into drug abuse. Suzanne, after years of physical and psychological abuse, is compelled to understand her father's violence and her mother's passive complicity, who suffer...
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directed by Camille Billops, 1933- and James Hatch, in Hatch-Billops Collection (New York, NY: Third World Newsreel, 1982), 26 mins
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This poignant documentary profiles a young black woman's struggle to confront the legacy of a physically abusive father and her headlong flight into drug abuse. Suzanne, after years of physical and psychological abuse, is compelled to understand her father's violence and her mother's passive complicity, who suffered at her husband's hands as well, as the keys to her own self-destruction. After years of silence, Suzanne and her mother are finally...
This poignant documentary profiles a young black woman's struggle to confront the legacy of a physically abusive father and her headlong flight into drug abuse. Suzanne, after years of physical and psychological abuse, is compelled to understand her father's violence and her mother's passive complicity, who suffered at her husband's hands as well, as the keys to her own self-destruction. After years of silence, Suzanne and her mother are finally able to share their painful experiences with each other in an intensely moving moment of truth. A remarkably incisive short documentary film, much more than one woman's story of abuse and addiction, SUZANNE, SUZANNE captures the nature and spirit of a troubled family.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Camille Billops, 1933-, James Hatch
Date Published / Released
1982
Publisher
Third World Newsreel
Series
Hatch-Billops Collection
Topic / Theme
Child abuse, Family, Domestic violence, Addictions, Drug abuse, Late 20th Century (1975–2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1982 by Camille Billops & James Hatch
Series
Hatch-Billops Collection
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