Monday, March 10: 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM, 2:30 PM
Tuesday, March 11: 1:00 PM, 2:30 PM, 4:00 PM
Wednesday, March 12: 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM
Thursday, March 13: 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM, 2:30 PM
Shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this extraordinary film shatters the silence that surrounds the shocking plight of women and girls caught in this country's intractable conflicte. Since 1998 a brutal war has ravaged the DRC, killing over 4 million people and resulting in many tens of thousands of women and girls being systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army. Until now, the stories of these women have never been told to the rest of the world.
A survivor of gang rape herself, Emmy-Award winning filmmaker Lisa Jackson travels through the DRC to understand what is happening and why. Features interviews with activists, peace keepers, physicians, the indifferent rapists who are all soldiers of the Congolese army, as well as dozens of survivors who recount their stories with an honesty and immediacy pulverizing in its intimacy and detail. (74 minutes)
Film Series Sponsors As Of 1/10/08: Women's Center, Pyschology Department, English Language Center, Gender and Women's Studies Department