Her book, "Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior in Women and Girls," is considered a classic in the violence prevention field. She earned a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, co-founded the first all-female theater company in the early 70s, acted in and directed several TV shows during the 80s, attended the 4th United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing, the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, and annual UN meetings as an NGO delegate and journalist, served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the National Women's History Project, and much more.Įllen's work as an author, self-defense advocate and instructor has been featured on Dateline NBC. As a self-defense advocate and instructor she's worked tirelessly for decades teaching women and girls to fight back against violence.Įllen grew up in Colorado and South Dakota, and set out early in life to be a "Renaissance woman." She made her way to California by the time she was 17 and has never looked back. Tickets are available online or at the box office.Ībout: "Safety Godmother" Ellen Snortland is writer, director and producer of the new documentary " Beauty Bites Beast - Revealing the Missing Conversations about Ending Violence." Ellen is an author, actor, attorney, radio and TV personality and writing coach. "Beauty Bites Beast" announces its Oscar-qualifying theatrical opening in New York City with a run at Cinepolis Chelsea from November 4 - 10, 2016 and in Pasadena, CA with a run at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 from November 11 - 17, 2016. 'Beauty Bites Beast' shows how women around the world are taking back our strengths and lives."
Only our species is taught to be 'feminine' and defenseless. "Female elephants, lions - all are just as fierce in self-defense as males. Gloria Steinem had this to say about the film: There's nothing more local than one's own body." "Females of all species know how to protect themselves and it's a birthright for human females, too. Ellen calls it the ultimate manifestation of the premise, "Think Globally, Act Locally:" Women and girls have a right to set boundaries-emotionally, verbally, and, if push comes to shove, physically. LOS ANGELES, CA, Octo/24-7PressRelease/ - Ellen Snortland, filmmaker and author of a groundbreaking book on women's self-defense of the same title, has just finished a new documentary: " Beauty Bites Beast." Her film reveals the missing conversations about ending violence against women through teaching them how to defend themselves and that they are powerful and capable enough to do so. There's nothing more local than one's own body. Females of all species know how to protect themselves and it's a birthright for human females, too.
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