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- Loan Terms:
- Circulating
- Status:
- In
- DVD002783
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Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, The
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Jackson, Lisa F.
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Women Make Movies, 2007
- Title:
- Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, The
- Director:
- Jackson, Lisa F.
- Production Co:
- HBO Documentary Films; Jackson Films
- Description:
- DVD - Region 1.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.
76 minutes.   color.  
fullscreen.   sound.  
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 2007
- Publisher:
- Women Make Movies, 2007
- Language:
- French, Swahili, Lingala, and Mashi with English subtitles
- Genre:
- Documentary, Female Directors
- Notes:
- 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. Winner: Special Jury Prize 2008 Sundance Film Festival.