Country:Netherlands

Director:Femke and Ilse Van Velzen

Summary:

One of the horrors of the conflicts in DRC is the mass rape of women by soldiers. In this film, (former) soldiers tell their stories of the crimes they committed.

Country:Netherlands

Director:Femke and Ilse Van Velzen

Program:Contemporary World Cinema

Summary:

During the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s seven year war, more then 80.000 women and girls were raped. Fighting the Silence tells the story of ordinary women and men struggling to change their society: one that prefers to blame victims rather than prosecute rapists. Survivors tell of the brutality they experienced. Husbands talk of the pressures that led them to abandon their wives. A father explains why he has given up on his daughter’s future.