'PANZI WOMEN WATCH THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO | Women Make Movies | Clip'

'PANZI WOMEN WATCH THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO | Women Make Movies | Clip'
02:36 Jan 26, 2023
'Women from Panzi Hospitol, Bukavu, South Kivu, DR Congo watch The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo in May 2007.  Hear as these women talk about their experiences as depicted in the film, their lessons learned, further interpretations and insight into this Human Rights crisis in DR Congo.  The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo A film by Lisa F. Jackson  2007, 76 minutes, Color, DVD, French, Swahili, Lingala, Mashi, Subtitled   Winner of the Sundance Special Jury Prize in Documentary and the inspiration for a 2008 U.N. Resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war, this extraordinary film, shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), shatters the silence that surrounds the use of sexual violence as a weapon of conflict. Many tens of thousands of women and girls have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army. A survivor of gang rape herself, Emmy Award®-winning filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson travels through the DRC to understand what is happening and why.   For more information and to purchase the film visit: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c709.shtml' 

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