Why I Shout

Imagine that you grow up in a middle-class home, both parents working full time. You go to church on Sunday; you become a leader in Sunday School. But thedouble-standards of home life find you confused and conflicted. As a sixteenyear-old girl, running away is the solution. Your dreams of freedom find you ending up in the inner cities of Newark and Paterson, New Jersey. This is Sharon Nzwalla Ryan's story. A short-lived dream and a twenty-year nightmare. Staying withuser-men and abusive men...