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Learn More About The Family Safety Office

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As of this writing, Nashville has recorded close to 2,500 domestic volence (DV) victims in 2025 so far, with more than 660 children present during those incidents. More than 261 victims and 144 children were taken to safe places as a result of a domestic violence incident just this year. Victim advocacy organizations have been fighting for additional funding from the state. Gov. Bill Lee revised his budget request and included $20 million in state dollars for agencies serving victims of IPV and sexual assault.

According to an article by Anita Wadhwani published in the Tennessee Lookout on March 31, 2025, “the governor’s funding — $10 million in grants for each of the next two years — fell short of the request for $25 million in recurring state funding a coalition of state nonprofits say they need to preserve current services. “Sexual assault centers, domestic violence shelters and child abuse counseling agencies — many serving key roles in working with law enforcement to bring perpetrators to justice — have seen their share of federal Victims of Crime Act funding dwindle from a peak of $68 million in 2018 to $16 million last year,” Wadhwani wrote.

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‘2073’ is a dystopian hit on MAX

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Writer-director Asif Kapadia’s latest film offers viewers a glimpse of an American dystopia of the near future, about 50 years from now. 2073’s opening montage of drones, cameras, bombed-out looking cityscapes and rampant arrests and police brutality plays out while a bit of onscreen text tells viewers that the movie takes place 37 years after “The Event.”

In New San Francisco, Capital of the Americas, everything is covered in dust and rust, and a toxic golden haze fills the air. It’s got none of the charm of a foggy day in the City by the Bay, and all of the trappings of nearly every sci-fi film focused on terrible tomorrows. Beyond the opening, 2073 might feel familiar to viewers because it’s based on French filmmaker Chris Marker’s classic experimental 1962 film, La Jetée. La Jetée was also the inspiration for Terry Gilliam’s film 12 Monkeys.

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Control Freak scratches an itch on Hulu

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Control Freak is a new Hulu movie that reminds me of The Substance, in a good way. The Substance recently got a lot of awards season attention for its gore-dripping explorations of the unnatural pursuit of physical perfection, and Control Freak brings a similar ironic horror tone to its cautionary tale about personal perfection. It takes aim at the self-help industrial complex and all those social media gurus who are “here to help” and this free app based on ancient Hermetic law. Valerie (Kelly Marie Tran) is a formerly homeless woman who’s become a world famous motivational speaker. She lives with her husband in a swanky house where she’s getting ready for a tour of Asia while she slowly comes unwound due to an unceasing itch on the back of her head.