Premiered October 2014 on Lifetime, in support of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
On her company blog, Katherine Kotaw, played by Amy Smart in "Run For Your Life," says "I don't identify with Amy Smart's character (which made the movie much easier to watch). But I also no longer identify with the me I used to be. I am not the woman who was psychologically tortured during her marriage and beaten and tossed into moving traffic after she left. I am not the person who was pummeled by the legal system in two countries nor the woman who literally became a poster child for survivors of domestic violence (an image of my face, swollen beyond recognition, hangs in battered women shelters and district attorneys' offices under the caption: 'Don't Apply Makeup. Apply the Law. Take the Fight Out of an Abuser by Taking Him to Court.')"
"Run For Your Life" is inspired by Katherine Kotaw's memoir, "Quicksand: One Woman's Escape from the Husband Who Stalked Her," written under a nom de plume.
A 60 second "NO MORE" PSA to end Domestic Violence airs before the end credits of "Run for Your Life," featuring stars such as Mariska Hargitay, Debra Messing and Courteney Cox.
"Run for Your Life" was made possible with support from the Joyful Heart Foundation, a domestic violence support and advocacy group founded by actress Mariska Hargitay.