1 April 2022
Phoenix Rising
HBO’s two-part documentary Phoenix Rising follows the true story of Emmy-nominated actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood, a survivor of domestic violence, as she moves toward naming her infamous abuser for the first time and advocate
s for The Phoenix Act, extending the statute of limitations in California for domestic violence felonies.
Produced and directed by Oscar-, Emmy- and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg (The Case Against Adnan Syed, Deliver Us from Evil), The Telegraph calls the documentary a “blazingly courageous, necessary watch.”
The documentary has a 96% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics consensus says, “Evan Rachel Wood is fearless in Phoenix Rising, a harrowing exposé on abuse, tabloid complicity, and the long process of healing.”
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