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ALONE WITH OUR STORIES
(2000, Documentary, France,
60min, DigiBeta, for TV) |
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“In France, one out of seven women,
is confronted with, one day or another, the procedure whereby
her partner reveals violent and destructive behaviour. If
extreme physical violence is most visible, psychological
violence, sexual harassment; financial domination and humiliation
etc are equally unacceptable. There are hundreds of thousands
of women who suffer in this repetitive manner. In our country,
two women per week are killed by their partners ... Among
all backgrounds and in all countries, marital violence makes
life hell for its victims. Often relegated to the level of
miscellaneous news items these forms of violence are no longer
a problem confined to the private sphere - they are counter
to all fundamental human rights ... Violence against women
is a question of human rights. I would even say it's a ‘war’ and,
in the hierarchy of possible wars, I believe that marital
violence is not only the most invisible and neglected form
of war, but also the most threatening and destructive … Male
violence against women is a very serious problem in our society,
too often considered a private problem.
For weeks, I tried to meet concerned women, not to film straightaway but to approach
this so complex topic. The aim of this cinematographic work should not become
yet another attempt to obtain a new theory on this question. For that, there
are luckily a great number of committed specialists, books and television broadcasts.
The aim is rather to expand on a thought, also among those who are not personally
affected and who can barely imagine the scale and gravity of the problem … The
women who participate in the project will be completely aware of the film's aim
and their role instead of appearing without knowing the real context … One
has to try to give an image to those who are in the film and to us before the
screen which radiates a piece of reality, radiates reality and helps us, ideally,
to see.”
Hubert Sauper
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