A brief history of divorce - Rod Phillips
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Formally or informally, human societies across place and time have made rules to bind and dissolve couples. The stakes of who can obtain a divorce, and why, have always been high. Divorce is a battlefield for some of society’s most urgent issues, including the roles of church and state, individual rights, and women’s rights. Rod Phillips digs into the complicated history of divorce.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Rod Phillips
- Director Chintis Lundgren, Gerta Xhelo
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Sound Designer Draško Ivezić
- Music Draško Ivezić, Luigi Boccherini
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
