“Hundreds of thousands of women have been systematically raped in the Congolese “war on women”. Lisa F Jackson's essential documentary gives them a voice.”
– Natalie Hanman, The Guardian, March 20th, 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.
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NEWS MAY 2009
Film Garners New Honors & Awards
Producer/director Lisa F Jackson and “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo” have recently won a Woman of Courage Award from the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health; Gracie Award for Long Format Documentary from American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT); the David Chow Humanitarian Award 2008 which recognizes “unselfish acts of kindness and humanitarianism”; and a Women’s Image Network WIN award for Outstanding Film or Show Directed by a Woman
