A Life Interrupted
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Genre Drama Country Canada | 6.4/10 IMDb First episode date April 23, 2007 Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer John Wierick (teleplay) Release date April 23, 2007 (2007-04-23) Producers Josee Mauffette, Jean Bureau, Stephen Greenberg, Serge Denis Genres Drama, Biographical film, Historical drama Executive producers Anne Carlucci, Jean Bureau, Stephen Greenberg Similar movies Murder in the Hamptons (2005), Butterbox Babies (1995), Wisegal (2008), Matters of Life and Dating (2007), The Pastors Wife (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A life interrupted
A Life Interrupted is a 2007 Lifetime Television film directed by Stefan Pleszczynski and starring Lea Thompson. It was nominated in 2008 for the Best TV Movie Gemini Award. It depicts events in the life of sexual assault victim Debbie Smith which led to the passage of the Debbie Smith Act. in 2004.
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On March 3, 1989, a man wearing a ski mask entered Debbie Smith's Williamsburg, Virginia, home and threatened her with a gun. He dragged her into the woods and blindfolded her before raping her repeatedly over the next hour. She participated in the collection of DNA evidence for a sexual assault evidence kit, but it was not formally tested and entered into the national criminal database until 1994. The film follows Debbie's fight for justice.
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