Published May 5, 2021
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CONTENT WARNING: This article mentions domestic violence.
One of the most important and necessary documentaries will be airing tonight, and you better believe we’re going to be tuning in.
See What You Made Me Do, a domestic violence doco based on the award-winning book of the same name, is going to kick off tonight on SBS, and it’s looking to be an intense one.
Looking back, there were red flags about my daughterâs killer
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If you had asked me over three years ago about my views on domestic violence, I would have told you that it was wrong â it shouldnât happen. There is no excuse to abuse a woman. I also wouldâve told you that I never expected my children to experience it. At the time, I didnât know about the term coercive control or what it meant. I didnât know that my daughter was experiencing it, and that it would result in her death.
It’s a horrifying hook, but an effective one that drags you into the series, which is based on Jess Hill’s 2019 book of the same name. Hill is the host, taking us on the journalistic journey she mapped out in her book, which was an extraordinary work. There is power on every page. It was a meticulously researched piece of longform journalism that comprehensively covered a national crisis with a compelling combination of personal stories, expert interviews and reams of academic research. But to see it brought to life on the screen, with the raw power of people talking to camera, adds a gripping, heart-in-mouth dimension.