Director
Kirby Dick
Impact campaign support
Went to Good Pitch
Film Details
Runtime: 98 minutes
Doc Society Involvement
Docsoc helped with an Impact Campaign
Docsoc helped at Good Pitch
The Invisible War is a groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of our country's most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within our US military. Today, a female soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire with the number of assaults in the last decade alone in the hundreds of thousands.
Focusing on the powerfully emotional stories of several young women, the film reveals the systemic cover up of the crimes against them and follows their struggles to rebuild their lives and fight for justice. The Invisible War features hard-hitting interviews with high-ranking military officials and members of Congress that reveal the perfect storm conditions that exist for rape in the military, its history of cover-up, and what can be done to bring about much needed change.
Outreach Work Supported
Early influencer screenings and campaign to engage policymakers.
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Subjects
Justice Society
Good Pitch Events
- San Francisco 2011
Reviews
The film works both as advocacy and as a very moving study of women (and one or two men) whose idealism and patriotism have been utterly shattered.
Every adult who owes a debt of gratitude to American soldiers should see Kirby Dick's heartbreaking documentary about sexual violence in the military.
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