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A Film and Discussion About Domestic Violence

Wed, 10/20/2021 - 12:09
Durell Godfrey

The Retreat, a shelter for domestic violence victims, and Sag Harbor Cinema will hold a panel discussion about domestic abuse at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Panelists will include Minerva Perez, executive director of OLA of Eastern Long Island, Helen Atkinson-Barnes, prevention education director at the Retreat, and Nicole Behrens, an advocate and domestic violence survivor.

A showing of "Gaslight," a 1944 George Cukor film about emotional abuse in the form of a husband slowly driving his wife insane, will follow at 7. The discussion is free, and film tickets are $15 on the cinema's website.

Attendees must provide proof of a Covid-19 vaccination and wear a mask.

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