Local Filmmakers Domestic Violence Doc Gets Special Screening at Sarasota Film Festival

The documentary is told through first person accounts of those involved with domestic violence, from the victims of abuse to those working on the front lines. The film includes the story of a woman who almost died at the hands of her former husband in a brutal attack. She talks about how she resurrected her life in order to help and inspire countless other women whose lives have been affected by domestic violence.

Others, including law enforcement officers, prosecutors and crisis professionals, take us inside the world of law enforcement, the judicial system and social agencies as they deal with domestic violence and its aftermath.

A Way Out is the third major documentary produced by the team of METV Station Manager Charles Clapsaddle and local Judges Charles Williams and Durand Adams (retired). 2014’s The Enduring Beauty of Memory examined the fragile nature of memory and its significance in each of our lives.

2009's Through the Tunnel looked at the anguish of segregation and integration told through the eyes of living participants from the Lincoln High football team when Lincoln, Manatee’s all-black high school, was integrated with Manatee High.

Both documentaries appeared in film festivals and each won a best documentary honor. Adams and Williams also collaborated on other critically-acclaimed docs, including Brown v. The Board of Education and On Any Given Monday.