Left, Write, Hook (Documentary screening and Q&A)

Left Write Hook Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion (FREE)

Presented by Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Apmere Arnte-Arnte Areme), Womens Safety Service of Central Australia (WoSSCA) and Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS).

For eight survivors of childhood sexual abuse, a ground-breaking program combining boxing and creative writing, turns into a journey of recovery, transformation and friendship.

As a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, please join us at The Alice Springs Cinema for a special screening of the incredibly moving documentary, Left Write Hook. This will be followed by a panel discussion with the creator of the Left Write Hook program, Donna Lyon, as well as local panellists with lived experience and survival of gendered violence. The panel will be led by author and survivor, Renee Mcbryde.

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE: Left Write Hook (Official Trailer) on Vimeo Left Write Hook (Official Trailer) on Vimeo

The documentary follows the journey of eight female and gender diverse survivors of childhood sexual abuse, who participate in an innovative recovery program combining the physicality of boxing with the emotional power of creative writing. Gaining a space to release their memories, reclaim their bodies and imagine new lives for themselves.

Left Write Hook offers audiences a profound understanding of what it means to be a victim-survivor today, and the power and strength that can come from connection and healing.

Learn more about the Left Write Hook program:Left Write Hook

Learn more about the Left Write Hook film and impact campaign: Left Write Hook Film

Support:

Please be advised that the documentary and panel discussion will involve discussion of lived experience of abuse and mental distress.

There will be qualified trauma counsellors from the Sexual Assault Awareness Centre available for brief emotional support and debriefing.

Please reach out to the Sexual Assault Referral Centre on 08 8955 4500 with any questions you might have about the event or for support.

Other support services we recommend contacting if impacted by gender based violence include

1800 Respect- 1800 737 732

Suicide Call Back Service- 1300 659 467

Q Life- 1800 184 527

We acknowledge the this event takes place on the land of the Arrente people. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present, and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

We honour their ongoing connection to this land and water history, and its culture and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

Dr Donna Lyon

Founder and CEO of Left, Write, Hook

Host or Publisher Sexual Assault Referral Centre