NO! The Rape Documentary - Ending Sexual Assault and Rape

NO! The Rape Documentary: Ending Sexual Assault and Violence Against Women

NO!™/USA/2006,
Color/Digital Video/ 94 minutes/Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
AfroLez® Productions, LLC – Production Company and Print Source
Women Make Movies, Inc. – Fiscal Sponsor
AfroLez® Productions, LLC – Distributor

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One out of three women in the United States will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

drawing_Scheherazade Tillet_photographer.jpgProduced and Directed over a period of eleven years, seven of which were full time, by Aishah Shahidah Simmons, an incest and rape survivor, this groundbreaking feature length documentary features riveting testimonials from Black women rape survivor stories who defy victimization.

Violence prevention advocates, theologians, sociologists, historians, anthropologists, and other leading scholars and human rights activists provide an interdisciplinary context with which to examine sexual violence in African-American communities.

MoonWisdom.jpgImpacting archival footage, spirited music, transformational dance, and performances from award-winning poets take viewers on a journey from enslavement of African people in the United States through present day.

Winner of an audience choice award and a juried award at the San Diego Women Film Festival, NO! also explores how rape is used as a weapon of homophobia. Since its official release in 2006, NO! has been screened and distributed to racially and ethnically diverse audiences at film festivals, community centers, colleges/universities, high schools, correctional facilities, rape crisis centers, battered women’s shelters, and conferences throughout the United States, in Italy, Spain, France, Rwanda, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa, Hungary, Jordan, Burkina Faso, Peru, Mexico, and Brazil.

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center-the comprehensive center for information, research, and emerging policy on sexual violence intervention and prevention in the United States–designated screenings and discussions of NO! in community settings as the Featured Event during their 2007 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Campaign.

Through a 2006 grant received from the Ford Foundation, Ms. Simmons

With the recent release of the subtitled version of NO!, Breaking Silences, and Unveiling the Silence, NO! and her supplemental materials provide more information and are more accessible in the global movements to end violence against women.

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NO! TESTIMONIALS

“If the Black community in the Americas and in the world would save itself, it must complete the work this film begins.“
~Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

“I have seen a lot of documentaries about sexual violence in my 15 years as a film programmer, and ‘NO!’ is by far the most well made, riveting, and poignant… The strength of ‘NO!’ in reaching its viewers is significant, it’s scope and ability to compel are astounding- all women can relate to this film.”
~KJ Mohr, Film & Media Arts Programmer,
National Museum of Women in the Arts

“This DVD helps raise awareness about sexual assault and violence. Especially useful for counselors working with high-school and ckllege students facing similar pressures and situations.”
~Booklist

“…As a rape survivor, I’ve been having trouble expressing my thoughts and fears about what happened to me. The courage of the women in [NO!] to speak out is a new inspiration. I’m telling my friends and colleagues about your film, as I think it’s imperative for women and men of all backgrounds to see it and increase their understanding about violence against women.”
~Cecilia, Chicago, Illinois

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