"What I Want My Words To Do To You" Benefit Film Screening part of V-Day JC 2010

Art House Productions and _gaia present an award winning documentary "What I Want My Words To Do To You" on Sunday, March 21st, 2010, a benefit screening part of V-Day Jersey City 2010. 

Co-Sponsored by _gaia and Art House Productions
V-Day Jersey City 2010
Presents a Benefit Screening of
WHAT I WANT MY WORDS TO DO TO YOU
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 5 p.m.
Art House Productions
1 McWilliams Place
Jersey City, New Jersey
(SE Corner of Hamilton Park, near Erie/8th St)

Tickets: $5.00 (available at door)
Proceeds benefit Hudson County Rape Crisis Center

What I Want My Words To Do To You offers an unprecedented look into the minds and hearts of the women inmates of New York's Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. If you have committed a violent crime, is it possible to redeem yourself? The film goes inside a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 women, most of whom were convicted of murder. Through a series of exercises and discussions, the women delve into their pasts and explore the nature of their crimes and the extent of their own culpability.

Statistics about incarcerated women:

• Nationally, women prisoners are the fastest growing group in the prison population.
• The vast majority of women in prison have been victims of violence prior to their incarceration including domestic violence, rape, sexual assault and child abuse.
• Women who are violent offenders are even more likely to have been abused and to be incarcerated for responding to that abuse violently.

The Hudson County Rape Crisis Center assists survivors of sexual assault, ages 12 and above in Hudson County. 24 Hour Hotline: 201 795 5757

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.  For up-to-date screening information and other V-Day fundraisers visit www.gaiastudio. org,www.arthouseproduct ions.org  or www.vday.org. For more information on our beneficiary visitwww.hcrcc.blogspot. com.

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GLOBAL SPONSORS: Dramatists Play Service,  Amanda Keidan Jewelry, LUNA, Random House, Shawn & Shane, Vosges Haut-Chocolat
LOCAL SPONSORS: _gaia, Art House Productions and Garden State Rollergirls