This documentary was brought to my attention today. I found this Oct. 2012 Huffington Post article about it. The trailer, here, is also posted in our Video section.
"No Way Out But One ...is as much an examination of this country's family court system as it is the very personal story of Holly Collins.
"Collins became an international fugitive when she fled the U.S. with her three children after a court granted custody to her ex despite claims of physical abuse. She and her children eventually sought asylum from the government of Netherlands.
"The documentary reveals her difficult journey and discusses the highly charged issues of divorce, custody, safety and legal and illegal alternatives when battered women feel they need to take matters into their own hands....
"There is also a very mistaken idea that the public and the courts just can't shake, and that is that batterers look creepy and sinister....
"There is a bit of junk science called the Parental Alienation Syndrome. Even though it has been rejected by the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association, it is used all the time. It was used in Holly's case and it is used every day in America's family courts to separate loving parents from the children they are trying to protect...."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-doyle-palmer-/documentary-filmmaking-interview_b_2017375.html
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