Unsilenced: Confronting Violence Against Women

June 13, 2013 17:00

Published: May 25, 2013 09:24 by Human Rights Law Centre |

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HUMAN RIGHTS FILM SEASON AT BROADWAY CINEMA

UNSILENCED: CONFRONTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

 

Unsilenced: Confronting Violence Against Women is a series of four screenings aimed at raising awareness of issues surrounding violence against women. The event is being organised by the Human Right Film Series Committee (Rachel Finnegan, Bettina Keimel and Hanna Radwanska) a student-led initiative of the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham. The chosen films focus on violence against women as it is both topical and global problem. In particular, we would like to emphasize that these issues are ever present in our local communities. Hence, we have invited speakers based in the UK who will reflect on the matters happening here and provide possible solutions to the problem.

We have decided on four themes: sexual harassment (Cairo 678 – 9th June, 5pm), sex trafficking (The Price of Sex – 12th June, 5.45pm), treatment of girls and women during war (War Witch – 16th June, 8pm) and domestic violence (short films: Kim, Leaving, Daddy’s Little Bit of Dresden China – 19th June, 5.45pm). The screenings are open to the general public and are intended to create a debate and inspire further action to prevent violations of women’s rights on a local, national and international level.

There is a limited amount of discounted tickets (£4) available online at http://store.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&catid=125&modid=1&prodid=0&deptid=0&prodvarid=292. The proceeds will be donated to Eaves, Nottingham Women’s Centre, the Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum and Rape Crisis.

Sunday 9th June 5pm

Cairo 678 (2010), Mohamed Diab, Egypt, 100mins

This startling enquiry into sexual harassment, based on real life events, fearlessly uncovers the dangers of living day-to-day life as a woman in Cairo, Egypt. The film follows three women in their plight against sexual humiliation and brutality after their experience with harassment on streets and buses.

Q&A: Amal Treacher Kabesh, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham

Wednesday 12th June 5.45pm

The Price of Sex (2011), Mimi Chakarova, US, 73mins

Mimi Chakarova’s investigative journey into the underworld of sex trafficking exposes how poverty, corruption and lack of access to justice prompts one of the most flourishing and profitable businesses in the world. The feature-length documentary gives voice to women - survivors of sexual slavery - who were supposed to be silenced by shame, fear and violence. Winner of Nestor Almendros Award for Courage in Filmmaking, Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Q&A: Denise Marshall, Chief Executive at Eaves

Sunday 16th June 8pm

War Witch (2012) Kim Nguyen, Canada,  90mins

War Witch is Kim Nguyen’s harrowing depiction of Komono, a young girl in the Democratic Republic of Congo, abducted at the age of twelve by the rebels. Through Komono’s narration of her life to her unborn child, the film poignantly addresses the human rights issue of child soldiers. Beaten, starved, and raped: Komono’s story is heartbreakingly transformative and raises important questions of the treatment of women in war.

Q&A: Olympia Bekou, Associate Professor and Head of the International Criminal Justice Unit of the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre

Wednesday 19th June 5.45pm

Leaving (2008), Richard Penfold & Sam Hearn, UK, 22mins

A short-film that superbly unveils the complexity of domestic violence and breaks with the misconceptions surrounding it. The drama depicts how Helen (Kierston Wareing) struggles to overcome fear and leave her abusive husband Jim (Johnny Harris).

Kim (2010), UK, 30 mins

This short film, created in partnership with young people, confronts the issue of living in situations of domestic violence. Kim is in a volatile relationship with boyfriend Lawrence, but their relationship not only impacts on her, but her family as well.

Daddy’s Little Bit of Dresden China (1988), Karen Watson, UK, 8 mins

B.A.F.T.A. nominated, personal/political film which deals with the issue of child sexual abuse from within the confines of the patriarchal family home. The film explores the experience from the child’s perspective and questions the smokescreen of popular myths which surround and disguise the sexual abuse of both women and children in society.

Q&A: Domestic Violence Expert from the Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum 

 

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