Over the Kitchen Table (2025)
Over the Kitchen Table (2025)
The shocking untold story of the Battered Women's Movement.
After years of being silenced through violent opposition, Norma Burton, one of the key founders of the first women’s shelter in Tulsa, OK, tells an untold story of the battered women's movement. In the late 1970s and early 1980’s LGBTQ, BIPOC, and formerly abused women across the US gathered in secret to create a grassroots movement that became today's National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, despite persecution and death threats. Norma recounts to her daughter, director Nisha Burton, how she and her collaborators alerted the police of rising cases of domestic violence and ultimately decided to take matters into their own hands by conducting support gatherings in their homes around the kitchen table. These meetings led to the founding of the first battered women’s shelter in Tulsa, OK in 1975. The years that followed were filled with harassment and verbal and physical attacks on Norma and fellow organizers, but today these courageous advocates continue to support the movement.

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Norma Burton Norma Burton As: Herself
Nisha Burton Nisha Burton As: Herself
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After years of being silenced through violent opposition, Norma Burton, one of the key founders of the first women’s shelter in Tulsa, OK, tells an untold story of the battered women's movement. In the late 1970s and early 1980’s LGBTQ, BIPOC, and formerly abused women across the US gathered in secret to create a grassroots movement that became today's National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, despite persecution and death threats. Norma recounts to her daughter, director Nisha Burton, how she and her collaborators alerted the police of rising cases of domestic violence and ultimately decided to take matters into their own hands by conducting support gatherings in their homes around the kitchen table. These meetings led to the founding of the first battered women’s shelter in Tulsa, OK in 1975. The years that followed were filled with harassment and verbal and physical attacks on Norma and fellow organizers, but today these courageous advocates continue to support the movement.


Tagline: The shocking untold story of the Battered Women's Movement.
Certification: PG

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Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 16 November 2025

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Runtime: 21m

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Company: Shrine13

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Jessica Daugherty

Jessica Daugherty

Producer

Luis Morales

Luis Morales

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Travis Puntarelli

Travis Puntarelli

Production Assistant

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Diana Diroy

Diana Diroy

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Jayson Wynkoop

Jayson Wynkoop

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Jasmine Vazquez

Jasmine Vazquez

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Mel Guérison

Mel Guérison

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Callie Day

Callie Day

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Daniela Repas

Daniela Repas

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Katie Falkenberg

Katie Falkenberg

Cinematography

Casey House

Casey House

Cinematography

Jayson Wynkoop

Jayson Wynkoop

Visual Effects Editor

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