Call Jane
In this feature-length documentary, we will tell the stories of men who are healing from the scars of childhood sexual abuse. While the statistics are horrifying for both sexes, the media and society…
Call Jane
In this feature-length documentary, we will tell the stories of men who are healing from the scars of childhood sexual abuse. While the statistics are horrifying for both sexes, the media and society seem to treat boy victims different from girl victims and this film will shine a light on the disparity. Lives full of shame, lack of self-worth and body dysmorphia as well as an often-continual fight to believe they are man enough or macho in the face of hiding scars from their childhood. The fear of being seen as a potential perpetrator because of their sexual abuse is a real systemic problem for men recovering from childhood sexual abuse. While the film will talk to some experts, the film will focus on personal stories and how these brave men have lived through their trauma. But why me? Frankly, I am one of the men who've survived childhood sexual abuse. In the past thirty years, I've watched as men like me have struggled to find the right kind of help. The lasting pain of people not understanding what we are going through and why the stereotypes of machismo and stoicism have made it more difficult to heal. This is the film project I was born to make. Unlike other efforts that may just rely on interviews of the kinds of men who are trying to get help recovering from their abuse, the approach I'm making is to have conversations with these men. I want to have connection, not just information. I want people to really understand the long-lasting effects and realize that just telling us to "man up" or "just get past it" minimizes the pain that we've had to live with.
Call Jane
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In this feature-length documentary, we will tell the stories of men who are healing from the scars of childhood sexual abuse. While the statistics are horrifying for both sexes, the media and society seem to treat boy victims different from girl victims and this film will shine a light on the disparity. Lives full of shame, lack of self-worth and body dysmorphia as well as an often-continual fight to believe they are man enough or macho in the face of hiding scars from their childhood.
The fear of being seen as a potential perpetrator because of their sexual abuse is a real systemic problem for men recovering from childhood sexual abuse. While the film will talk to some experts, the film will focus on personal stories and how these brave men have lived through their trauma. But why me? Frankly, I am one of the men who've survived childhood sexual abuse.
In the past thirty years, I've watched as men like me have struggled to find the right kind of help. The lasting pain of people not understanding what we are going through and why the stereotypes of machismo and stoicism have made it more difficult to heal. This is the film project I was born to make.
Unlike other efforts that may just rely on interviews of the kinds of men who are trying to get help recovering from their abuse, the approach I'm making is to have conversations with these men. I want to have connection, not just information. I want people to really understand the long-lasting effects and realize that just telling us to "man up" or "just get past it" minimizes the pain that we've had to live with..