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Breaking the Silence

1979 · 42 min

A sober, essayistic documentary that mixes testimony and staged scenes into a slow, urgent argument about sexual violence and collective resistance.

Directed by: Rosa Martha Fernández
Genres: Documentary, Drama

Overview: This heterodox work draws on fiction resources and the register of documentary to denounce the phenomenon of rape in Mexico. With a complex essay-like structure, the film is a reflection on the various types of sexual violence, from the classist legal apparatus and the connivance of religious institutions, to rejection of and discrimination against victims. At the same time, it introduces community alternatives for victim support. A project by “Cine Mujer,” this film exemplifies the group’s motto and mode of production, and thus one of the maxims of feminism: no personal solutions; only collective action for collective solutions.

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Directed by: Rosa Martha Fernández
Genres: Documentary, Drama

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: violence
justice
gender
power
trauma
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: documentary, drama
Directed by: Rosa Martha Fernández
Written by: Elen Calmus, Lilian Liberman, Mónica Mayer, Colectivo Cine Mujer
Runtime: 42 min
Country: Mexico
Languages: Spanish

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