An important new film by Emmy-award winner and documentarian Lisa F. Jackson.
Congo -- The story of war and rape in the Congo, and the struggles of women there to survive and rebuild their lives, has been captured in a new film, 'The Greatest Silence,' by documentary filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson of Jackson Films. Her film takes a very intimate approach to the story of war and rape in the Congo when Jackson reveals that she, too, is a survivor of rape. In sharing her story with women in the Congo, Jackson takes her audience closer into the lives and suffering - and healing -- of Congolese women and their communities.
The film also gives voice to the perpetrators of rape. Jackson ventures into the bush to briefly interview young men inducted into a brutal bush war who openly reveal why they rape and what they think of their actions.
"The Greatest Silence" has already won a Sundance 2008 Special Jury Prize: Documentary. It is serving as a tool for advocacy by groups worldwide who are mobilizing to help end the war in the Congo. Jackson has appeared before Congress to push US and global leaders to take urgent and meaningful action to stop the use of mass rape as a tool of war in the Congo, to help protect Congolese women and children suffering ongoing rapes, and to seek emergency medical and HIV care justice for survivors of wartime rape.
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Special thanks to Lisa F. Jackson and Jackson films for permission to preview the trailer of 'The Greatest Silence.' For information, or to buy or rent the film, go to: thegreatestsilence.org or visit jacksonfilms.com.
Congo -- The story of war and rape in the Congo, and the struggles of women there to survive and rebuild their lives, has been captured in a new film, 'The Greatest Silence,' by documentary filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson of Jackson Films. Her film takes a very intimate approach to the story of war and rape in the Congo when Jackson reveals that she, too, is a survivor of rape. In sharing her story with women in the Congo, Jackson takes her audience closer into the lives and suffering - and healing -- of Congolese women and their communities.
The film also gives voice to the perpetrators of rape. Jackson ventures into the bush to briefly interview young men inducted into a brutal bush war who openly reveal why they rape and what they think of their actions.
"The Greatest Silence" has already won a Sundance 2008 Special Jury Prize: Documentary. It is serving as a tool for advocacy by groups worldwide who are mobilizing to help end the war in the Congo. Jackson has appeared before Congress to push US and global leaders to take urgent and meaningful action to stop the use of mass rape as a tool of war in the Congo, to help protect Congolese women and children suffering ongoing rapes, and to seek emergency medical and HIV care justice for survivors of wartime rape.
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Special thanks to Lisa F. Jackson and Jackson films for permission to preview the trailer of 'The Greatest Silence.' For information, or to buy or rent the film, go to: thegreatestsilence.org or visit jacksonfilms.com.
