“Lisa F. Jackson's powerful, brutal film is the closest most of the women will ever come to justice.”
– Entertainment Weekly, #986, April 11, 2008
Reviews & Articles
- “Victim alerts leaders to Congo rape crisis”
- – Jenna Hand, The Canberra Times, December 21st, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Congo's Shame: Rape As A Weapon Of War”
- – Katharina Goetze, Hartford Courant, November 24th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “This brave, extraordinary film is in the great tradition of people like Casement and Morel, who tried to draw the world's attention to the Congo 100 years ago, and in the courageous tradition of all who've spoken up for the rights of women for centuries. This film will long endure. ”
- – Adam Hochschild, author "King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa"
- “A Voice for Rape Victims”
- – Jan Goodwin, More Magazine, July/August 2008
- “Breaking 'The Greatest Silence'”
- – Candice Knezevic, Center for American Progress, August 11th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Cinereach's Human Rights Watch dinner”
- – Charlie Olsky, indieWIRE, June 19th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Doc Film Makers Keep Women's Issues on the Agenda”
- – Melissa Silverstein, The Women's Media Center, June 18th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “The victims' witness”
- – Kira Cochrane, The Guardian, May 9 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Thoughts and comments about the HBO Documentary Films' production THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO.”
- – HBO Forum (click here to read in full)
- “Don't miss this gripping documentary...”
- – Candice Frederick, Essence Magazine, April 2008
- “In this poignant and powerful documentary, director Lisa F. Jackson … persuades victims to break their silence and share their shattering stories.”
- – The Week Magazine (film was “Pick of the Week”)
- “Let's End Mass Rape & Mutilation In The Congo!”
- – Katie, KitKat's Critique, April 13th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “My Thoughts on The Greatest Silence and Rape in the Congo”
- – elle, elle phd, April 13th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Blog in Solidarity: Congo Rape Epidemic”
- – Melissa McEwan, Shakesville, April 13th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Lisa F. Jackson's powerful, brutal film is the closest most of the women will ever come to justice.”
- – Entertainment Weekly, #986, April 11, 2008
- “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo”
- – fauxreal, April 9th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Shadow Rapists: Connecting the Dots in the Congo”
- – Diary of an Anxious Black Woman, April 9th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “If ever there was a film that ought to be required viewing for the readers of Bitch, it would be Lisa F Jackson’s 'The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo.'”
- – Lisa Moricoli-Latham, Bitch Magazine, April 9th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Critics Find The Greatest Silence "Chilling" But "Frustrating"”
- – Jessica, Jezebel, April 8th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Congo’s Horror, as Seen Through a Personal Filter”
- – Ginia Bellafante, The New York Times, April 8th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “The primary accomplishment of Lisa Jackson's documentary … is to expose the horrors of what is surely the world's most uneven gender conflict.”
- – Darrell Hartman, The New York Sun, April 8, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “The film shows the twisted layers of damage from war, twisted until the soldiers believe they must rape to win. Twisted until the viewer becomes engulfed in the twisted message of magic and enemy control and devastation. And you shout at the screen.”
- – DeNeen L. Brown, The Washington Post, April 8, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “In her graphic and extremely powerful film ... Jackson leads a brave and determined investigation.”
- – Daniele Bora, NEED - The Humanitarian Magazine, April 7th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Rape still a powerful weapon of war”
- – Historiann, April 7th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “The Greatest Silence Premieres on HBO Tomorrow”
- – Prof BW, WoC Phd, April 7th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “The problem is that these Bad Stories From Africa are rarely told in any depth or told by Africans. “The Greatest Silence” attempts to turn that paradigm on its head by putting the victims and the perpetrators, of what is truly a modern Holocaust, front and center.”
- – Dzana Tsomondo, Cool’eh Magazine (click here to read in full)
- “TV Review: The Greatest Silence – Rape In The Congo”
- – Simon Barrett, Blogger News Network, April 6th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo”
- – Jessica Mosby, The Women's International Perspective, April 5th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “In her devastating film, Jackson searches for the answer by speaking to the victims, to physicians, and aid workers; to the UN peacekeepers whose numbers are inadequate to the problem; and, finally, to the rapists themselves.”
- – Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle, April 5th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Shining light on ‘soul-ripping’ inhumanity A new documentary, “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo,” illuminates and devastates.”
- – Michael Winship, The Messenger Post, April 2nd, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Durbin holds hearing on rape as a war crime”
- – James Oliphant, The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, April 1st, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Rape as a Weapon of War: Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict”
- – Testimony of Lisa F. Jackson before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate , April 1st, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “The Greatest Silence: Rape In The Congo”
- – Mike D, ReelBlack (click here to read in full)
- “Excellent (4 stars) HBO Expose' Sheds Light on African Country's Violence against Women”
- – Kam Williams, News Blaze, March 29th, 2009 (click here to read in full)
- “Breaking the Silence on Rape in the Congo”
- – Mark Leon Goldberg, UN Dispatch, March 28th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “Hundreds of thousands of women have been systematically raped in the Congolese “war on women”. Lisa F Jackson's essential documentary gives them a voice.”
- – Natalie Hanman, The Guardian, March 20th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo”
- – Harriette Yahr, MediaRights, March 17th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo”
- – Reyhan Harmanci, San Francisco Chronicle, March 13, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “New York filmmaker captures war-torn Congo through beaten females’ eyes”
- – Amy Zimmer, Metro New York, March 11th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
- “This documentary of the highest calling exposes an unknown tragedy.”
- – James Greenberg, The Hollywood Reporter (click here to read in full)
- “Vet documaker Lisa F. Jackson offers a harrowing look at violence against women as a war crime in "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo." Lensing is exceptional through this distressing and disturbing doc…”
- – Joe Leydon, Variety (click here to read in full)
- “Harrowing and heart-rending and maddening and confounding... ”
- – Robert Llyod, LA Times (click here to read in full)
- “Filmmaker profile: Lisa F. Jackson - giving victims a voice”
- – Julie Checkoway, The Salt Lake Tribune, February 27th, 2008 (click here to read in full)
