Event
Award-Winning Filmmaker Tackles Rape as a Weapon of War, Tells Survivors' Stories from Congo
Country:
Event Date:
November 18, 2013 | 12:00 PM EST TO 1:00 PM EST
With suffering in Congo unabated, a series of multimedia projects examines a ‘conflict-free’ tin...
![Media file: staffsergeant-congo.jpg](/sites/default/files/11-13-13/staffsergeant-congo.jpg "Staff Sergeant "Boniface" says he was told by his Commanding Officer to go and rape. He raped three women before he says his conscience told him to stop. Image by Fiona Lloyd-Davies. DRC, 2013.")
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and the Pulitzer Center present "Seeds of Hope: Can the Women of Congo Dare to Dream of Peace and Justice?" with award-winning filmmaker and photojournalist Fiona Lloyd-Davies.
Lloyd-Davies has been making films and taking pictures about human rights issues in areas of conflict since 1992. Her current Pulitzer Center-supported project focuses on the Congo, the use of rape as a weapon of war and the responsibility to protect.
Her documentary, "Seeds of Hope," makes its St. Louis debut on Sunday, November 17, at 4:30 pm at the Human Rights Spotlight/St. Louis International Film Festival on the campus of Washington University. Free reception follows the Sunday screening.
Please join us for the film and reception on Sunday and then for the lunchtime discussion on Monday.
Monday, November 18
12 - 1:30 pm
Washington University School of Law
Anheuser-Busch Hall, Cullenbine Classroom - AB 305
St. Louis, MO 63130
