Michael Bolton will co-produce a Lifetime Television Documentary on Violence Against Women

Michael Bolton will co-produce a Lifetime Television Documentary on Violence Against Women with Oscar-winning filmmaker Maryann De Leo. Premieres in April 2005 As Part of Network's Emmy Award-Winning Public Advocacy Campaign Uniting Women and Men to Address Issue of Gender Violence

Maryann De Leo, winner of the 2004 Academy Award for her documentary "Chernobyl Heart," and Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and activist Michael Bolton, are producing a documentary for Lifetime Television about the devastating impact of sexual assault and domestic violence on women and their families.

Premiering in April 2005 as the programming centerpiece of Lifetime's Emmy Award-winning public advocacy campaign "Our Lifetime Commitment: Stop Violence Against Women," the hour-long documentary will examine the personal and societal effect of gender violence, while spotlighting what individuals, communities, educators and the government have done and must continue to do to stop it and, most importantly, how women and men must come together to end this epidemic.

Lifetime is once again engaging its partners in the anti-violence community, leading experts and non-profit organizations, in the development of and outreach around the documentary. These advocates are helping to inform the messaging and content of the program. The Network also will work with the organizations to create complimentary educational and resource materials.

Through the documentary and other on-air programming and public service announcements, extensive online content, community outreach and legislative advocacy, Lifetime's 2005 Stop Violence Against Women initiative will emphasize, among many areas, the importance of education and prevention as a key method of stopping violence against women. The Network also will focus on this message when it once again brings together thousands of advocates in Washington, D.C. for its annual "Stop Violence Against Women Week," which includes several special events each year from Congress to the White House to The Kennedy Center.

"I feel privileged working with Lifetime Television and Michael Bolton, both of whom have assumed a prominent leadership role on this issue. I look forward to producing a film that can bring more attention to the violence affecting one in three women around the world," said Maryann De Leo.

"For the third straight year, I'm proud to be part of Lifetime's public advocacy campaign, particularly since I have three daughters," said Michael Bolton. "I hope this documentary underscores a critical message that violence against women is a vicious assault on civilized society that can only be stopped when men step up to the plate and accept that this is also their problem."

Over the course of his extraordinary career, Michael Bolton -- singer, songwriter and social activist -- has sold more than 52 million albums and singles worldwide, winning two Grammys for best male vocalist and six American Music Awards. A prolific songwriter, Michael Bolton has penned songs for legendary artists including Barbra Streisand, Kiss, Laura Branigan and Kenny Rogers, co-written songs with a host of gifted songwriters including Bob Dylan, and performed with Luciana Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Ray Charles and BB King.

In 1993, Michael established the Michael Bolton Foundation, now the Michael Bolton Charities, Inc. (MBC) to provide assistance, education and shelter to children and women at risk from poverty, as well as physical, emotional and sexual abuse. In partnership with the state of Connecticut, the MBC created "Safe Space," a danger-free environment for youths to foster self-esteem, leadership skills, job training and awareness of social issues.

Comments

[Shawntelle Peter]

I am an advocate for a Domestic Violence Sexual Assult program and I thought it was a very good documentry. It really protrayed the reality of how it really is. We are hopeing to share this with our support group. One thing I would of liked to have seen in the documentry is the impact that emotional, verbal, sexual, economical as well as the physical abuse that was protrayed. In working with Women and Men who have been part of the cycle of abuse the verbal and emotinal are scaring as well as the effects of physical abuse.
A special thanks to michael Bolton for his dedication to expanding his horizons from well known vocalist singer to spokesmen for such a heinous crime that men, women, and children face daily in the United States. Also thank you to everyone who was involved in making this documentry. It is a good way to help open peoples eyes that it does happen and can happen to anyone.

[michelle]

what was the song at the end of the documentary called?