A Safe Distance

The short documentary looks at some innovative approaches to providing services and accommodation for battered women in rural northern and Native communities Filmed in Thompson and Portage La Prairie Manitoba and West Bay Reserve Ontario the film introduces the women who operate and use various types of accommodation such as transition houses transition apartments and safe houses The shelter on West Bay Reserve is singled out as a project that was built by women for women to stand as a reminder that the Reserve will not tolerate violence against women A Safe Distance is part of the The Next Step a 3film series about the services needed by and available to battered women