Ms. Magazine Reviews NO! A Documentary On Sexual Assault
March 10, 2008
“Simmons exposes the crisis of sexual violence within African American communities and investigates the cultural forces that pushed [B]lack woman and girls into decades of collective silence. Through interviews with rape survivors, academics and human-rights activists, the film explores intraracial rape in a historical context, tracing the roots of sexual assaults against [B]lackwomen to post-Civil War America, when lynching was a tool of racism to justify the murder of [B]lack men accused of raping [W]hite women. To protect their African American brothers, [B]lack women repressed their own rapes, perceiving their silence as a necessary sacrifice in the larger struggle against racism. Finally breaking the silence, the film shares stories of torment and healing while challenging African-American men and women to seek reconciliation.
Amy Williams, Ms. Magazine, 35th Anniversary Issue
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