What I've Learnt - Donna Lyon (Left Write Hook)

WHAT I'VE LEARNT

Documentary Left Write Hook follows eight female survivors of childhood sexual abuse who participate in a 2-year experimental recovery program that combines the physicality of boxing with the emotional power of expressive writing.

The program provides survivors of sexual assault a space to release their memories, reclaim their bodies and imagine new lives for themselves.

Through powerful participatory filmmaking, unprecedented access, and full engagement with all of those involved, this feature-length documentary captures an amazing journey of recovery, transformation, and friendship.
What unfolds across their ensuing time together is a profound discovery of self, resilience, and community as the survivors begin to regain agency and take back their power.
The program aims to Change the narrative about survivors

• Position incest as a central part of the conversation about child sexual abuse.

• Create an open culture of community support for survivors in the Mental Health Sector.

• Build the Left Write Hook recovery program as a sector leader
• Attract funding to expand the program for survivors nationally

• Produce a survivor-authored resource toolkit to aid health experts and practitioners to respond effectively to reports of sexual abuse in someone’s history.

• Provide evidence-based research outcomes to inform mental health practitioners about the efficacy of creative and body-based therapies for survivors.

Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/
Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk
Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850