This was an excellent movie that tells TWO important stories: Story One is the story of the true life of a battered woman, Story Two is the story of how cops and the cities that employ them cover up the wrong doing and illegal activities of one of their own. Each story is unique unto itself and both are excellent examples of why Donna Yaklich should have been found not guilty of an wrong doing. She tried to leave and her husband used his credentials as a police officer to locate the shelter, remove her from the shelter against her will only to take her back to his house, hold her prisoner there against her will and continue to abuse her at will, something she tried to but was powerless to stop or to protect herself from it or to leave. She did the only thing she could do to stop the abuse and if he had been anything other than a police officer he would have been unable to even find the location of the shelter and even if he did find the location if he were anything but a police officer HE would have been the one arrested. The entire production and direction staff along with the cast and deserve the credit for an excellent movie and for telling a story that needed to be told. Both the direction and the acting were well above average. Its a movie that you can watch over and over and enjoy it every time.
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
(1994 TV Movie)
Excellent movie
4 April 2008
Warning: Spoilers