Weapon of war : confessions of rape in Congo /
Wherever war breaks out, men with guns rape. Nowhere in the world reached sexual violence a scale and level of brutality as in the Democratic Republic of Congo. During the decades of conflict possibly hundreds of thousands of women and girls were systematically raped and the figure still rises.In We...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | French Swahili |
| Language Notes: | In French and Swahili with English subtitles. |
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[Tel Aviv, Israel] :
Film Platform,
2009.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Wherever war breaks out, men with guns rape. Nowhere in the world reached sexual violence a scale and level of brutality as in the Democratic Republic of Congo. During the decades of conflict possibly hundreds of thousands of women and girls were systematically raped and the figure still rises.In Weapon of War military perpetrators unveil what lies behind this brutal behavior and the strategies of rape as a war crime. The film tells the story of a soldier and a former rebel that are both looking at rape in different ways. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed January 29, 2021). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (60 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:59:43 |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Bram van Spengen ; editor, Paul de Heer ; music, Jeroen Goeijers. |