Director Karen Chapman tackles the horror of domestic violence in Village Keeper, but not from the perspective of an abused wife having to fight off or flee an insecure or jealous husband’s violent ...

Village Keeper had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2024. The film is scheduled for a sneak preview screening in NYC and Chicago Chapman brings an authentic and ...

"Mothers, they do so many things and most of which we don't see," says filmmaker Karen Chapman, "and so many times they do this by withholding themselves from themselves." The sense of withholding ...

In “Village Keeper,” director Karen Chapman courageously delves into the harrowing subject of domestic violence but presents a unique perspective that deviates from the typical portrayal of an abused ...

Village Keeper is a new Canadian film that follows a woman named Jean, played by Olunike Adeliyi, as she navigates motherhood and trauma while trying to break an intergenerational cycle of domestic ...

Director Karen Chapman eschews onscreen depictions of domestic violence, instead choosing to examine how a family deals with generational trauma. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Director Karen ...