The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo Airs Tuesday- Speak With the Filmmaker on Wednesday Conference Call

"It's a holocaust in slow motion." Filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson

Tomorrow night, HBO will air The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo .

Shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this documentary feature explores the shocking plight of women and girls caught in the sexual crossfire as this giant African nation enters its second decade of internal conflict. Since 1998, a brutal war has ravaged the DRC, killing over 4 million people. Over the same time, tens of thousands of women and girls have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers - both from foreign militias and the Congolese army that is supposed to protect them. HBO Documentary Films

The following day, Wednesday, April 9th there will be a worldwide conference call with the filmmaker and activists from the Enough Project.

Join activists and viewers across the country to watch the HBO premier of The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, a shocking exposé of a decade-old epidemic of kidnapping, rape and torture of women and girls in the civil war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ENOUGH, HBO and our partners have teamed up to coordinate and organize home screenings across the U.S. to view and discuss the film together. Screening the film is a great, informal way to gather friends, family, co-workers, students and neighbors to foster discussion around an important issue. Download ENOUGH's Congo card to learn more about the current situation in eastern Congo. Enough Project

For information on how you can hold a watch party or participate in the conference call, you can visit the Enough Project. You can watch previews. Here is a review of the film.

Take a real long hard look because this may be the fate of our granddaughters and great grand daughters in THIS country.

Hat Tip to Jazinegrrl and Mrs. Nweze of the Florida NAACP ( she sits on a committee of the Enough Project)

DON'T BE SILENT!

Comments

[al0196a]

Wow...just wow. I haven't seen the documentary yet but the just reading the review made me want to cry. At least documentaries like this one are a step to ending the violence.

[Woman in Transition]

I recorded it. I have to prepare my mind to watch it. I heard Ms. Jackson's interview on NPR yesterday about the documentary. She herself is a rape survivor and she was VERY brave, in my opinion, to go to the Congo to film this documentary by herself (much of it was done with her, her camera and a guide). If you think that black leadership in this country is seriously detached from reality, wait until you see this. Some of the interviews with those people who "justify" rape is just ridiculous.

[TalentedTenth]

i watched this documentary yesterday morning before church service and i sat in my living room floor and cried. even with all the suffering these women faced, i also saw an amazing amount of strength and courage in them as well.

i think women in the US take some things for granted after watching this. for the most part, we can go about our daily lives without the constant fear of being attacked. yes, violence against women in the US occurs, but not at the level and with the degree of brutality that was shown in this video.