Films
CARITAS AUSTRALIA PRESENTS
THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO
Australian Premiere
THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO
Australian Premiere
USA 2007, English/Swahili with English subtitles, 76 mins
Director/Producer: Lisa F Jackson
Genre: Documentary
Film Website: http://www.thegreatestsilence.org
Themes: Violence against women, Conflict, Women in war
Related Links: http://www.caritas.org.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=What_s_on&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=4365
Sundance Film Festival 2007 - Special Jury Prize: Documentary
London Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2008 - 'Best of the Fest'
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2008 - Official Selection
New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2008 - Official Selection
Synopsis
Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo is an extraordinary film that demands to be seen.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, rape is a national atrocity on a scale unimaginable in the West, a part of the brutal war the country was plunged into in 1998. Tens of thousands of girls have been violated and cast aside, their stories a blind spot in global humanitarian action. Emmy award-winning filmmaker Lisa F Jackson travels to the Congo to shatter the silence surrounding this epidemic that is ravaging the nation.
Herself a survivor of gang rape in the US, Jackson goes after the truth with a marked tenacity. Obtaining unbelievably candid interviews from victims and perpetrators alike, she presents a moving tapestry of tragedy interspersed with moments of inspiring resilience, courage and mercy.
"This documentary of the highest calling exposes an unknown tragedy." —The Hollywood Reporter
