Just Yell Fire (2006)

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United States

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How it feels

This film teaches young girls how to defend themselves from attackers. It covers weak points on an attacker's body and how to use them to escape. It also advises on ways to avoid becoming a target for rape or kidnapping.

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What happens

Just Yell Fire is a freely distributed 2006 film aimed at teaching young girls to defend themselves against attackers. Started as a school project by Dallas Jessup and Catherine Wehage, then freshman at St. Mary's Academy in Portland, Oregon, the project grew to include the celebrity endorsement of Josh Holloway and Evangeline Lilly of the television show Lost. The video teaches viewers weak points on an attacker's body and how to effectively cause enough pain to those points to escape. It also tells viewers how to avoid becoming a target for rape and kidnapping to begin with. The film's title references a point made in the video: that yelling help or rape may frighten potential witnesses or rescuers away, while yelling fire tends to draw a crowd. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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