A Better Man (2017)

Directed by

Attiya Khan, Lawrence Jackman

Genre

documentary film, independent film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman who survived domestic abuse meets with her former boyfriend to talk about the harm he caused. The film shows their conversations and visits to places from their past.

intimatecandidreflectiveearnestemotionalconversationalnon-confrontationalhealing-focused

What happens

A Better Man is a 2017 Canadian documentary film co-directed by Attiya Khan and Lawrence Jackman in which Khan, a survivor of domestic abuse, meets with the man who abused her to see if he can take responsibility to heal and repair the harms he created. The first filmed encounter between her and her ex-boyfriend, identified only as "Steve," took place in April 2013. After the initial contact, several of the conversations were facilitated by Tod Augusta-Scott, a prominent counselor in the domestic violence field. The film also follows them back to their old high school as well as an apartment in Ottawa, and shows how the violence still affects Khan. The film was financed through crowdfunding on Indiegogo; it raised over $110,000 CAD, making it one of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns in Canadian history. Upon release, it received mostly positive reviews from critics, and was chosen as one of the top 10 best films of 2017 by The Globe and Mail. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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