“The film shows the twisted layers of damage from war, twisted until the soldiers believe they must rape to win. Twisted until the viewer becomes engulfed in the twisted message of magic and enemy control and devastation. And you shout at the screen.”
– DeNeen L. Brown, The Washington Post, April 8, 2008
Since 1998 a brutal war has been raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 4 million people have died. And there are the uncountable casualties: the many tens of thousands of women and girls who have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army.
The world knows nothing of these women. Their stories have never been told. They suffer and die in silence. In The Greatest Silence these brave women finally speak.
Upcoming Screenings & Events
- January 10th, 2009 @ 4:15 PM: “The Greatest Silence” in San Rafael, introduced by John Prendergast and Robin Wright Penn
- Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
- 1118 Fourth St
St. Rafael, CA 94901
- January 13th, 2009: Council on Foreign Relations screening
- January 2009: DRC National Television Broadcast
- RTCN Channel, Democratic Republic of the Congo
