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Reviews
Screams Before Silence (2024)
Heartbreaking
I had met someone who was murdered at Nova, so watching this film took weeks since I kept crying so much. It's not something to watch for entertainment, it's a moving testimony from survivors of horrific violence, a testimony of men's inhumanity to women.
It should be watched in small doses over time, since the topic is so heavy. The quote that haunts me the most is "I wish I had a way to save her."
Sexual violence is a form of terrorism. It terrorizes the survivors. It terrorizes those who knew the survivors. It terrifies those who hear the stories and feel unsafe in this terrible world.
That's the message of the film. We cannot let these crimes go unpunished.
One of Us (2017)
Must watch
This documentary was life changing for me. It made me realize how lucky I am to be free of a world that made me so sad.
And how easy I had it compared to others who left religion.
Seeing the violence inflicted on Etty made me sick to my stomach.
Seeing the community be willing to give her kids to a man who beat them because better they be battered religiously than be secular made me sick.
Seeing the blacked out faces of little girls made me nauseous.
Hearing how she was stalked and assaulted and how the community spied on her and ruined her life made me hatefully angry.
Honestly, I can't believe we allow this in the US. We shouldn't.
All religious communities need sunlight like this, this movie is a wake up call and worth seeing by everyone, but especially members of the community who need to clean up what is happening.