Films: Quest For Honor and Sin by Silence

Quest For Honor and Sin by Silence

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  Quest for Honor

  Iraq , 2009 , 65 min.
  Director: Mary Ann Smothers Bruni In her filmmaking debut, photographer Mary Ann Smothers Bruni documents the still prevalent practice of honor killings in Kurdistan, tracking the investigation of several cases by a small number of women’s rights advocates on the ground in an attempt to bring this horrific practice to light.... more
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  Sin by Silence

  USA , 2009 , 49 min.
  Director: Olivia Klaus For her candid documentary, Olivia Klaus spent seven years following Brenda Clubin, founder of Convicted Women Against Abuse, and the fellow inmates to whom she is a hero, helping them break the silence about domestic violence.... more