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This Is Where I Learned Not To Sleep

Sponsored Project

  • Anne de Mare, Director/Producer
  • Kirsten Kelly, Director/Producer
  • Andrew W. Schwertfeger, Producer
A man in a black shirt and a man in a suit and hat talk in front of a police cruiser.
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About the Project

“I lived with a monster. I know how this works.” Lt. Mark Wynn challenges fellow police officers to end generations of disregard and systemic failures around domestic violence. While training officers in rural Texas, Mark revisits his childhood home and wrestles with his family’s past. How was he able to break the cycle of violence that traps so many men? With access to sensitive police trainings, the film explores the complex relationship between police and family violence. By revealing his own haunting childhood and openly wrestling with the effects of trauma, Mark challenges other men to stand up and reform the system to better help women and children. “Men create 98% of these crimes – it’s up to us to stop the violence.”