• Director: Lisa F. Jackson
  • Release Year: 2007
  • Production Country: United States
  • Language: French, Swahili

The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo

Description

Soldiers on both sides of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo are participating in a terrifying campaign of kidnapping and rape that targets women and girls, an attack that not only leaves its victims battered, isolated, and damaged emotionally, but also destabilizes families and entire communities, all of which is done by horrifically dehumanizing half of the population.

Themes

Personal violence, Survivors, Military sociology, Human nature, War crimes, Women's history, Casualties of war, Communities, Morals and taboos, Sexuality