V-Day: Until the Violence Stops
{{Infobox film
| name = V-Day: Until the Violence Stops
| image = V-Day - Until the Violence Stops (2003 film) DVD boxart.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Abby Epstein
| producer = Vincent Farrell
| writer = Eve Ensler
| narrator =
| starring =
| music = Rick Baitz
| cinematography = Cindy Gantz
Paul Mailman
Paulo Netto
| editing = Lisa Palattella
| distributor = Lifetime Television
| released = {{Film date|2003|02|01}}
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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V-Day: Until the Violence Stops (also known as World VDAY) is a 2003 documentary film directed by Abby Epstein. It follows events marking 2002 V-Day — a grassroots movement inspired by Eve Ensler's 1996 play The Vagina Monologues.{{cite web
| last = Jankowicz
| first = Mia
| title = V-Day: Until the Violence Stops - Ensler Strikes Back
| publisher = PopMatters
| date = 2005-03-31
| url = http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/v/v-day-until-the-violence.shtml
| access-date =2008-12-30 }}
The film focuses on V-Day activities in the United States, Kenya, Croatia and the Philippines.
Cast
- Tantoo Cardinal as herself
- Rosario Dawson as herself
- Eve Ensler as herself
- Jane Fonda as herself
- Lisa Gay Hamilton as herself
- Salma Hayek as herself
- Amy Hill as herself
- Rosie Perez as herself
- Isabella Rossellini as herself
Release and reception
V-Day: Until the Violence Stops was screened at the Sundance Film Festival before being shown on Lifetime Television in 2004.{{cite web
| last = LeVasseur
| first = Andrea
| title = V-Day: Until the Violence Stops > Overview
| publisher = AllMovie
| url = http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:301015
| access-date =2008-12-30 }}
In 2004, Toni Childs, David Ricketts and Eddy Free won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song "Because You Are Beautiful".{{cite web
| title = V-Day: Until the Violence Stops (2003)
| publisher = Indiepix
| year = 2004
| url = https://www.indiepixfilms.com/film/813
| access-date =2008-12-30 }}
See also
- The UK organisation of the VDay campaign was known as Until the Violence Stops, but is now known as Tender.
References
External links
- [http://www.vday.org/ten-years-vday/until-the-violence-stops Official site]
- {{IMDb title|0326425}}
Category:American documentary films
Category:Documentary films about violence against women
Category:Films about domestic violence
Category:Documentary films about feminism
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:English-language documentary films
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