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Phoenix Rising

Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood's experience as a survivor of domestic abuse and her pursuit of justice

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N/A

Year

Genre

documentary, crime

Production

Disarming Films,HBO Documentary Films,Artemis Rising

Awards

1 nomination total

Homepage

https://www.hbo.com/phoenix-rising

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I want to name him.
It's all I want to do. - Phoenix Rising

I want to name him. It's all I want to do.

This is when we got our
tattoos on Valentine's Day. - Phoenix Rising

This is when we got our tattoos on Valentine's Day.

I'm so little. Like, when
I look at these pictures, - Phoenix Rising

I'm so little. Like, when I look at these pictures,

Come here. We're
goin' inside a house - Phoenix Rising

Come here. We're goin' inside a house

This is when he started isolating
me from my friends and family. - Phoenix Rising

This is when he started isolating me from my friends and fam...

Dad! Ira! He's gonna get me! - Phoenix Rising

Dad! Ira! He's gonna get me!

My home as a child was... nice, - Phoenix Rising

My home as a child was... nice,

Well, I've seen
him, uh, you know, - Phoenix Rising

Well, I've seen him, uh, you know,

We grew up in a very - Phoenix Rising

We grew up in a very

He's hacked into my, you know,
computer and social media accounts. - Phoenix Rising

He's hacked into my, you know, computer and social medi...

David: I'm the director
of Theatre in the Park. - Phoenix Rising

David: I'm the director of Theatre in the Park.

You know, I couldn't... I couldn't
reach out to anybody to say, - Phoenix Rising

You know, I couldn't... I couldn't reach out to an...

Me and Evan started
acting really young. - Phoenix Rising

Me and Evan started acting really young.

You know, it'd be
up for two days, - Phoenix Rising

You know, it'd be up for two days,

I think Evan got hers
when she was five or six. - Phoenix Rising

I think Evan got hers when she was five or six.

You try to get out of
there, I swear to God, - Phoenix Rising

You try to get out of there, I swear to God,

David: I remember walking - Phoenix Rising

David: I remember walking

(party chatter) - Phoenix Rising

(party chatter)

And she was sitting on
stage all by herself - Phoenix Rising

And she was sitting on stage all by herself

She was just acting
to an empty theater. - Phoenix Rising

She was just acting to an empty theater.

And I remember stopping in
the doorway and watching, - Phoenix Rising

And I remember stopping in the doorway and watching,

It was almost like he wanted to go
back to when he first formed the band, - Phoenix Rising

It was almost like he wanted to go back to when he first for...

Most of the days we
were out inventing - Phoenix Rising

Most of the days we were out inventing

Ring, ring, ring, ring. Hello? - Phoenix Rising

Ring, ring, ring, ring. Hello?

Evan: So, I left to go do. - Phoenix Rising

Evan: So, I left to go do.

Yes, I am the Royal Emperor.
What would you like? - Phoenix Rising

Yes, I am the Royal Emperor. What would you like?

All right,
handmaidens, I'm ready. - Phoenix Rising

All right, handmaidens, I'm ready.

You do it to me because
you're a fuck up! - Phoenix Rising

You do it to me because you're a fuck up!

And... I was so proud
of what I had done. - Phoenix Rising

And... I was so proud of what I had done.

(all laughing) - Phoenix Rising

Sara: It was always a mixed bag. - Phoenix Rising

Sara: It was always a mixed bag.

I'm like, "Baby, baby,
baby! Wake up, wake up!" - Phoenix Rising

I'm like, "Baby, baby, baby! Wake up, wake up!&quo...

Yeah, I was tryin'
to find out about - Phoenix Rising

Yeah, I was tryin' to find out about

They were dark, they
were pissed off, - Phoenix Rising

They were dark, they were pissed off,

Suddenly, he started tormenting
me for fun in front of everybody, - Phoenix Rising

Suddenly, he started tormenting me for fun in front of every...

Well, then, let's
be clear on the fact - Phoenix Rising

Well, then, let's be clear on the fact

- Sara: (inaudible)
- (door slams) - Phoenix Rising

- Sara: (inaudible) - (door slams)

Ira: Well, over here we have,
um, the usual clean desk. - Phoenix Rising

Ira: Well, over here we have, um, the usual clean desk.

David: Our house
smells to people - Phoenix Rising

David: Our house smells to people

Dan: That's a code of the
road that I'm kinda fine with, - Phoenix Rising

Dan: That's a code of the road that I'm kinda fine...

Dan: This is a extreme case - Phoenix Rising

Dan: This is a extreme case

Evan: There was certainly
violence in my home - Phoenix Rising

Evan: There was certainly violence in my home

Real quick, I, I
also feel guilty - Phoenix Rising

Real quick, I, I also feel guilty

I'd be in the room
with him and Lindsay, - Phoenix Rising

I'd be in the room with him and Lindsay,

- Survivor: Oh yeah. Mm-hm.
- And videotape the things he would say to her, - Phoenix Rising

- Survivor: Oh yeah. Mm-hm. - And videotape the things he wo...

I must've been
about four or five, - Phoenix Rising

I must've been about four or five,

Sarah: I remember this one
time it actually got physical, - Phoenix Rising

Sarah: I remember this one time it actually got physical,

He said he was gonna
smash my fucking face in - Phoenix Rising

He said he was gonna smash my fucking face in

And we could still
hear the yelling - Phoenix Rising

And we could still hear the yelling

It was, uh, during,
like, a rape where - Phoenix Rising

It was, uh, during, like, a rape where

And I went to the
doctor when I get there - Phoenix Rising

And I went to the doctor when I get there

Survivor 3: We were so in
love. We were soulmates. - Phoenix Rising

Survivor 3: We were so in love. We were soulmates.

Evan: The mental torment
and emotional abuse - Phoenix Rising

Evan: The mental torment and emotional abuse

And my dad sat me down
and said, um, you know, - Phoenix Rising

And my dad sat me down and said, um, you know,

This is what I'm teaching her." - Phoenix Rising

This is what I'm teaching her."

Skinnier, more... Like,
almost shy, and, and, uh - Phoenix Rising

Skinnier, more... Like, almost shy, and, and, uh

I said, "I really don't
wanna do this anymore", - Phoenix Rising

I said, "I really don't wanna do this anymore"...

Don't have it on the tables." - Phoenix Rising

Don't have it on the tables."

And, you know, that would
last, like, two days, - Phoenix Rising

And, you know, that would last, like, two days,

That completely split
up me and my brother. - Phoenix Rising

That completely split up me and my brother.

Ashley W.: Yeah, I saw pictures
of myself, and I'm like, "Wh..." - Phoenix Rising

Ashley W.: Yeah, I saw pictures of myself, and I'm like...

- Ashley W.: Yeah.
- Ashley S.: I feel so - Phoenix Rising

- Ashley W.: Yeah. - Ashley S.: I feel so

My mom asked me, you know, - Phoenix Rising

My mom asked me, you know,

Survivor: The racism, the... - Phoenix Rising

Survivor: The racism, the...

The three main things that
I saw him get on people, - Phoenix Rising

The three main things that I saw him get on people,

Evan: When we left, - Phoenix Rising

Evan: When we left,

Then, that evolved into, - Phoenix Rising

Then, that evolved into,

- And then, it was like...
- Survivor: And I hate myself - Phoenix Rising

- And then, it was like... - Survivor: And I hate myself

That's what kept me from coming
out for a really long time, - Phoenix Rising

That's what kept me from coming out for a really long t...

It's the same time as yesterday, - Phoenix Rising

It's the same time as yesterday,

My mother and I
were very enmeshed - Phoenix Rising

My mother and I were very enmeshed

Ashley S.: I think we all
probably have tortured ourselves - Phoenix Rising

Ashley S.: I think we all probably have tortured ourselves

I just wanted it to 'cause
I didn't... wanna feel. - Phoenix Rising

I just wanted it to 'cause I didn't... wanna feel.

She was going through so much, - Phoenix Rising

She was going through so much,

Evan: Around the time when
Twiggy got back into the band, - Phoenix Rising

Evan: Around the time when Twiggy got back into the band,

I got isolated in the house, - Phoenix Rising

I got isolated in the house,

Ira: And that performance
is still incredible to me - Phoenix Rising

Ira: And that performance is still incredible to me

Once you have been
kept awake for days, - Phoenix Rising

Once you have been kept awake for days,

Uh, 'cause I remember there was
a moment where things turned, - Phoenix Rising

Uh, 'cause I remember there was a moment where things t...

My nose is bleeding
all the time, - Phoenix Rising

My nose is bleeding all the time,

I started getting really sick - Phoenix Rising

I started getting really sick

She spanked me so
hard, that it hurt. - Phoenix Rising

She spanked me so hard, that it hurt.

I was offered a string
of mature roles. - Phoenix Rising

I was offered a string of mature roles.

And this is also, um, this
is when he started raping me, - Phoenix Rising

And this is also, um, this is when he started raping me,

He would give me a
pill to go to sleep, - Phoenix Rising

He would give me a pill to go to sleep,

I just remember doing
the mental math quickly, - Phoenix Rising

I just remember doing the mental math quickly,

Don't move." Like,
"Just don't move." - Phoenix Rising

Don't move." Like, "Just don't move.&quo...

I just felt like I was
nothing. I was an object. - Phoenix Rising

I just felt like I was nothing. I was an object.

And your reality just becomes
the abuser's reality to survive. - Phoenix Rising

And your reality just becomes the abuser's reality to s...

Ashley S.: So, like, if
you do it enough times, - Phoenix Rising

Ashley S.: So, like, if you do it enough times,

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Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood's experience as a survivor of domestic abuse and her pursuit of justice

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Disarming Films,HBO Documentary Films,Artemis Rising

Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

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Released: 15 Mar 2022

Awards: 1 nomination total

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/phoenix-rising