Independent Lens

A Path Appears: Battered in Atlanta

In this scene from the third episode of the Independent Lens documentary series A Path Appears, Nicholas Kristof joins the Atlanta police department to investigate a domestic violence case. The victim tells Kristof she doesn’t think it’ll happen again while blaming herself for the attack.

A Path Appears: Battered in Atlanta

2m 8s

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    Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Episode 6

    5m 30s

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    The Art of Clown | United States of Comedy, Ep 4

    22m 13s

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