Multimedia Collection
Rape Is ...
VHS
32 minutes
HV6558 .R37 2002
Rape is..., a new half-hour documentary video, explores the meaning, severity, and consequences of rape. This documentary looks at rape from a global and historical perspective, but focuses mainly on the domestic cultural conditions that make this human rights outrage the most under-reported crime in America.
Few are likely to dispute that a sexual attack by a stranger is an act of rape, but what about the far more common acts of sexual violence committed by relatives, dates, boyfriends, or "customers" of the increasingly lucrative sex trades? This documentary explores these complicated issues, always focusing on the terrible price that survivors of these acts pay, not only in physical pain but in lasting psychological damage caused by the loss of trust, the guilt and confusion, and the destruction of self esteem.
Rape is ... will anger some, upset many, and wake up everyone who views it; it speaks to the reality of a world where sexual violence puts millions of women, children, and men in a state of terror and pain.
Visit www.rapeis.org for the discussion guide, resources and activism links.
Distributed by Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc. (www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org)
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