I Don't Wanna Feel Nothin' No More (2011)

Seen through the eyes of Rebecca Gibbs, a young abuse victim, I DON'T WANNA FEEL NOTHIN' NO MORE is an intense drama that chronicles three generations of incest among the women in one family as they struggle to maintain their strength and dignity against almost overwhelming odds. After the arrest of her extended family on multiple sex abuse charges, the teen-aged Rebecca recalls the events of her family's tragic past that will lead to what the press has dubbed "The House of Horrors." Backtracking to 1956 when her Grandma Lila was first abused by her father, Rebecca recounts how her grandma tried to marry her way out of her plight only to find herself in a much more devastating trap that would last until her husband's death many years later. Rebecca then remembers how her mother Emily was made pregnant by her own father, only to have the baby die less than a year later, pushing Emily into a destructive cycle of abusive relationships, ending up with her cousin George, Rebecca's father. Rebecca's finally brings her family's history up to the present with her own recent abuse and the hellish birthday party that will ultimately lead to the arrest of her extended family and Rebecca's own removal to foster care. Drawn from over 16 years of experience videotaping confessions for the Brooklyn DA's Office, Michael P. DiPaolo's, I DON'T WANNA FEEL NOTHIN' NO MORE weaves together these three women's stories over the course of 50 years, allowing us to see how they were betrayed not only by those closest to them but also by many of the societal forces meant to protect them.