TV series

Phoenix Rising

2022 · 1 season

A sober, intimate documentary that sits with a survivor's pain and resolve, asking you to listen closely as she reclaims her story.

Tagline: When the laws don’t protect you, change them.
Overview: Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence and pursues justice, heals generational wounds, and reclaims her story. Almost a decade after escaping a dangerous relationship, Wood co-authors and successfully lobbies for passage of The Phoenix Act, legislation that extends the statute of limitations for domestic violence cases in California.
How it feels: Dark, tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and demanding.
About: Trauma, justice, survival, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
justice
survival
power
healing
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild