The Greatest Silence-Robin Wright Penn In Person
When
Jan 10, 2009 4:15 pm (Saturday)
Where
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Center (map)
1118 Fourth Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
San Rafael, CA 94901
37.9732121
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What
John Prendergast, Co-Chair of the Enough Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity, will introduce Lisa F. Jackson’s powerful documentary The Greatest Silenc...
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John Prendergast, Co-Chair of the Enough Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity, will introduce Lisa F. Jackson’s powerful documentary The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo and discuss the film’s issues with Robin Wright Penn.
Winner of the 2008 Sundance Special Jury Prize in documentary, and shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this extraordinary film shatters the silence that surrounds the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Many tens of thousands of women and girls have been systematically kidnapped, raped and mutilated by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army. American filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, a survivor of rape herself, travels through the DRC to understand what is happening and why. (US 2008) 76 min.
Winner of the 2008 Sundance Special Jury Prize in documentary, and shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this extraordinary film shatters the silence that surrounds the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Many tens of thousands of women and girls have been systematically kidnapped, raped and mutilated by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army. American filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, a survivor of rape herself, travels through the DRC to understand what is happening and why. (US 2008) 76 min.
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Christopher B. Smith Rafael Center
Owned and operated by the Calfornia Film Institute, the non-profit organization that also produces the Mill Valley Film Festival, this beautifully restored Art Deco theater with three screens and state-of-the-art presentation is located in the heart of downtown San Rafael.Links
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