Rape/ Sexual Assault

[Mary]

This thread is for listing good movies that deal with issues of rape or any type of sexual assault.

[Laura Berry]

Title: Unwatchable: Brutally honest film about the rape crisis in Congo (2013)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iCTYfBzXY0

Contributed By: Laura Berry

"This isn't really a movie but a short 6 minute film about the rape crisis in the Congo, but it was very powerful, be warned it is pretty horrific."

[Bex]

Title: The Girl in the Book (2015)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980554/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Contributed By: Bex Johnstone

"The Girl in The Book will trigger on so many levels, its just great for so many triggers."

[Patricia Sanders]

Title: Irreversible (2002)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290673/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Contributed By: Patricia Sanders

"In French, and told backwards. The rape scene is over 10 minutes long and has been called the most brutal rape scene in all of cinema."

[maureen]

Title: The Hunting Ground (2015)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4185572/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Contributed By: Maureen

"The Hunting Ground is a documentary film about the incidence of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States and, what its creators say is a failure of college administrations to deal with it adequately."

[maureen]

Title: The Detectives (2015)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4855124/?ref_=nv_sr_3

Contributed By: Maureen

"A three-part documentary that gives a close-up view of the day-to-day operations of the Serious Sexual Offences Unit of Greater Manchester Police, the first dedicated rape investigation team in the UK.

Great for connecting with being believed/not believed and the effects of unhealed childhood sexual abuse into adulthood."

[Courtney]

Title: Wish (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3153634/

Contributed By: Courtney Pool

"The film is based on a true story, the infamous Nayoung Case in 2008, in which an 8-year-old girl called "Na-young" in the Korean press, was raped and beaten by a drunk 57-year-old man in a public toilet."

[Maxine]

Title: Bliss (2007)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978649/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Contributed By: Maxine

"A young woman is raped and in order to "restore family honour" it is decided she must be killed."

[Nicky]

Title: The Handmaid’s Tale (2017)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Contributed By: Amanda Stracey