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To a Safer Place

This documentary follows incest victim Shirley Turcotte as she returns to the places and people of her childhood. She retraces her family's nightmare with the help of her mother, sister, and two brothers, all victims of physical or sexual abuse. She visits neighbors, her best friend, and the psychiatrist who treated her. The program reveals the deep psychic wounds inflicted on victims of incest and encourages them to break the silence as the first step to recovery.

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  • "In the interest of raising awareness and understanding about the nature and extent of domestic violence, particularly incest, Shirley Turcotte, a Canadian woman in her thirties, retraces her childhood experiences. She returns to her old neighborhood where she converses with her mother and siblings, with neighbors who knew her as a child, with an old friend, and with the therapist who treated her for nine years. As she visits the sites of her youth, the events of her past painfully unfold. Shirley was sexually abused by her father from infancy through her teenage years. Her sister was similarly victimized; her mother and brother were subjected to physical and verbal abuse."
  • "Incest survivor Shirley Turcotte shows that the deep psychic wounds inflicted on victims of sexual abuse can be healed. Her story encourages survivors to break through silence and betrayal to recover and develop a sense of self-worth and dignity."
  • "This documentary follows incest victim Shirley Turcotte as she returns to the places and people of her childhood. She retraces her family's nightmare with the help of her mother, sister, and two brothers, all victims of physical or sexual abuse. She visits neighbors, her best friend, and the psychiatrist who treated her. The program reveals the deep psychic wounds inflicted on victims of incest and encourages them to break the silence as the first step to recovery."
  • "This documentary follows incest victim Shirley Turcotte as she returns to the places and people of her childhood. She retraces her family's nightmare with the help of her mother, sister, and two brothers, all victims of physical or sexual abuse. She visits neighbors, her best friend, and the psychiatrist who treated her. The program reveals the deep psychic wounds inflicted on victims of incest and encourages them to break the silence as the first step to recovery."@en
  • "Incest victim Shirley Turcotte comes to terms with her life as a survivor. Reveals the deep psychic wounds inflicted on victims of incest and encourages them to break the silence as the first step to recovery."
  • "This is the story of how a woman has come to terms with her life as a survivor of incest. Sexually abused by her father, abandonned by her mother and betrayed by the silence of her family circle and by the legal system, Shirley Turcotte has succeeded in building a rich and full life. Here she takes a further step to reconcile her past and present."@en
  • "Examines the story of how one woman has come to terms with her life as a survivor of incest. She discusses with her family and describes her experience as a victim of incest, the effects the abuse had on her and her siblings and the struggle in adulthood to come to terms with her past."@en
  • "Shirley Turcotte tells the story of how she has come to terms with her life as a survivor of incest."@en
  • "This inspiring film is the story of how one woman has come to terms with her life as a survivor of incest. Sexually abused by her father from infancy to early adolescence, Shirley Turcotte is now in her thirties and has succeeded in building a rich and full life. In To a Safer Place , Shirley takes a further step to reconcile her past and present. The film accompanies her as she returns to the people and places of her childhood. Her mother, brothers and sister, all of whom were also caught up in the cycle of family violence, openly share their thoughts. Their frank disclosures will encourage survivors of incest to break through the silence and betrayal to recover and develop a sense of self-worth and dignity."
  • "Sexually abused by her father from infancy to early adolescence, Shirley Turcotte retraces her family's nightmare, victims of physical or sexual abuse."@en
  • "This inspiring film is the story of how one woman has come to terms with her life as a survivor of incest. Sexually abused by her father from infancy to early adolescence, Shirley Turcotte is now in her thirties and has succeeded in building a rich and full life. In To a Safer Place, Shirley takes a further step to reconcile her past and present. The film accompanies her as she returns to the people and places of her childhood. Her mother, brothers and sister, all of whom were also caught up in the cycle of family violence, openly share their thoughts. Their frank disclosures will encourage survivors of incest to break through the silence and betrayal to recover and develop a sense of self-worth and dignity."@en

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  • "To a safer place"
  • "To a Safer Place"@en
  • "To a Safer Place"
  • "To a safer place (Programa televisiu)"
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