Award Winning Documentary

The Children Next Door

Domestic violence through the lens of childhood

 

Childhood Domestic Violence The Children Next Door documentary cover displaying 25 awards
Childhood Domestic Violence The Children Next Door Discussion Guide and DVD
The film comes paired with a Film Discussion Guide, which guides the user step by step through the process of hosting a formal or informal screening and navigating a meaningful post-screening discussion.

The film was screened at 45 leading film festivals and received multiple awards:

  • Winner – Special Jury Prize – Seattle True independent Film Festival
  • Winner – Special Jury Award – DOC NYC
  • Winner – Best Documentary – Paterson Falls
  • Official Selection – Hollywood Film Festival
  • Official Selection – Breckenridge Festival
  • Special Jury Mention – St. Louis International
  • Official Selection – STARZ Denver Film Festival

The Children Next Door film trailer

TRIGGER WARNING! The content in this video may be disturbing to some viewers and may trigger strong emotions and reactions. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. NOT recommended for viewers under 15 years of age without parental supervision.

“Critics Score – A.  Heartbreaking and cathartic…By putting a very human face to a widespread epidemic, Block and ‘The Children Next Door’ both humanize and celebrate the children who survive horrific family tragedies.  

-Mark Peikert, BACKSTAGE 

 

What people say about The Children Next Door

The Children Next Door is a powerful and stunning documentary that shows us just how much children are affected by family violence.

– Sandra Graham-Bermann, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology & Women’s Studies University of Michigan

Wow – intense and powerful! The Children Next Door is so well put together in that it clearly demonstrates why we need to make aware this epidemic of child domestic violence, educate about CDV, share our personal stories of CDV, and prepare to serve the children in our own sphere of geographic influence.

- Sherrie Winstanley, Executive Director, S.H.A.D.E. (Safe Housing And Directed Empowerment) Inc.

Doug Block’s searing short…attains a level of pathos as deep as any feature-length documentary.

-– Anthony Kaufman, Sundance NOW BLOG

It’s a masterpiece – smart, tough, fearless, miraculously compact.

– David Schrader, Seattle’s The Stranger

Screening the Children Next Door serves as a building block for other groundbreaking tools

The film is the first of its kind to introduce the subject of childhood domestic violence.  It was produced for a young adult and adult audience in mind.

It also provides messages shared through our CHANGE A LIFE program.   This simple, straightforward program is designed to teach a caring adult how to become The ONE for a child growing up in a home living with domestic violence.  The one to help a child feel understood and heard.  The one to help a child know that it isn’t their fault and that a child is never responsible for controlling the actions of an adult.

In addition, The Children Next Door supplements other tools including BE THE ONE training for professionals, and our LIES & TRUTHS WORKSHEETS.

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