A lengthy radio interview with director Lisa F. Jackson, director of The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, for Talking Stick TV. Jackson discusses her own gang rape as a young woman living in Washington, DC. and how that influenced her relationships with the many women interviewed for the film.
Jackson was able to interview not only the victims of this silent war but also the perpetrators. Many of the problems began after the Rwandan civil war when Hutu militia crossed the border. It has since become a strategy of war. This is compounded by a culture of impunity where most of the rapes go unpunished.
The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo screens Tuesday, March 2nd, 9 PM at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, part of the 7th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
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