Beauty Bites Beast

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Documentary

Beauty Bites Beast aims to 'normalize' the idea of women's self-defense - and by extension, kids' self-defense - as a human need and right.

Released: Aug 1, 2016

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Lisa Long

(voice)

Bob Joles

Ubiquitous Voice of Male Authority (voice)

Dolores Huerta

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