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Media stories
Left Write Hook 4 Star Review: Survivor documentary stings like a bee. By Stephen A Russell
Screenhub
Left Write Hook follows survivors of childhood sexual abuse reclaiming power through boxing
ABC News article by Jared Richards
Left Write Hook, the journey of reclamation
Star News - Berwick / Beaconsfield article about the Left Write Hook film and program by Ethan Benedicto. Featuring Donna Lyon and film and program participant Julie.
Interview with Left Write Hook Director Shannon Owen
Director Owen talks to the 3RRR Breakfasters about the Left Write Hook documentary. 14 October 2024
Celebrating Strength and Resilience: An Interview With Shannon Owen
MIFF Revue
The individual and collective: co-creating social impact to transform trauma
Minderoo Foundation article by Donna Lyon
Left Write Hook - FilmInk Review
FilmInk film review of Left Write Hook by by Lisa Nystrom. "Powerful documentary... insightful and deeply personal …"
The CinefestOZ Podcast - In conversation with the Left Write Hook team
Hosted by Joel Jackson. Featuring director Shannon Owen, producer Donna Lyon and film participant Nikki. A discussion on the journey from program to book to documentary, recorded at Cinefest Oz Film Festival 2024.
Releasing trauma from the body through words and punches
Donna Lyon, boxing instructor, trauma survivor and producer of Left Write Hook and Left Write Hook film and program participant Pixie in conversation with Jacinta Parsons on ABC RN Life Matters, 15 Oct 2024.
Left, Write, Hook…Boxing, Writing, Healing
Dr. Donna Lyon chats to Tiffanee Cook on the Roll With The Punches Podcast, about survivor experiences, recovery, the Left Write Hook Program and the Left Write Hook Film
Left Write Hook to get national cinema release
Screenhub
National theatrical release announced for Shannon Owen’s Left Write Hook!
Cinema Australia
New boxing program helps sexual assault survivors process trauma
ABC Melbourne - Drive
‘People’s lives have been changed’: could boxing help child abuse survivors deal with trauma?
The Guardian
A child abuser taught Nikki to not resist. Boxing helped her confront her trauma
The Sydney Morning Herald
Survival stories: punches and prose unearth the write stuff
MIFF: the power and pain of Left Write Hook
The Burne
‘Left Write Hook’ (Trailer)
if.com.au
Premiere With Purpose - Left Write Hook
Melbourne International Film Festival
Left Write Hook at MIFF 17 - 25 August. Metro & regional screenings.
Melbourne International Film Festival
Adult survivors take back their power in documentary film 'Left Write Hook'
University of Melbourne