Interviewing the Abused Child. | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

Through a series of actual and recreated interviews, children of various ages, subjected to different types of abuse, are seen and heard as professionals talk with them. A perceptive training film which will benefit anyone with an occasion to interview a child abuse victim

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

Duration

00:22:00:00

Production places

Unknown

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014263

Language

English

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social service

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child abuse

Short films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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