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This is viewer supported news  Just days after a Utah police
officer shot dead his wife, two kids and his mother-in-law
before killing himself, a new HBO documentary premiering at the
Sundance Film Festival examines the shocking nationwide epidemic
of intimate partner violence, focusing on the struggles of
survivors of abuse and the advocates who support them. Set in
North Carolina, "Private Violence" follows Kit Gruelle, herself
a domestic violence survivor, as she helps other victims seek
healing, justice and social change. Gruelle joins us along with
the film’s director, Cynthia Hill. "We’re so desensitized to
violence in the United States that oftentimes women have to be
beaten badly enough before our criminal justice system
responds," Gruelle says.    AMY GOODMAN: Yes, this is Democracy
Now! The War and Peace Report. We are in Park City, Utah, at the
Sundance Film Festival followi