
Defending Our Lives
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1994-03-04 • 0h 30m
Documentary about the magnitude and severity of domestic violence. This film features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies. It won an Oscar at the 66th Academy Awards in 1994 for Documentary Short Subject.
- Directors
- Renner Wunderlich, Margaret Lazarus

Defending Our Lives
Visit website1994-03-04 • 0h 30m
6.5/10 • 6
Documentary about the magnitude and severity of domestic violence. This film features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies. It won an Oscar at the 66th Academy Awards in 1994 for Documentary Short Subject.
- Directors
- Renner Wunderlich, Margaret Lazarus
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- English
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- Keywords
- prisondomestic violencewoman director