Focus on DRC: Mobile Cinema
Here in Congo women are being raped. But they don’t talk about it. But with the traveling mobile cinema we break this silence. It stimulates other women to say, we can stop sexual violence through talking about it.
–Captain Pierre Basima, 10c region, National Army of Congo
SFCG’s Mobile Cinema program works with the military and women in the DRC to break the silence associated with sexual violence. The films and the accompanying conversations have started to address the underlying causes perpetuating this cycle. As one participant said, when discussing the reasons behind the high levels of violence, “More and more people tend to rape. Because it has become normal. Rapists are not punished.”
While much remains to be done, the power of talking about these issues has surprised participants. One man said, “I didn’t expect this result. I am amazed, we expected something else. It touches me to see that the film has so much impact.”
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