There are films about Rwanda (Hotel Rwanda). Films about Darfur (The Devil Came on Horseback). Films about Bosnia (Quo Vadis, Aida?). But there is no feature-length, globally distributed film about the rape campaigns in Kivu.
If a director filmed Masika’s life accurately, the audience would walk out. They would walk out during the first rape scene. They would walk out during the fistula scenes—the smell implied, though cinema cannot transmit smell. They would walk out because the human attention span is not built for sustained horror.
This is where the film becomes unwatchable.
Then he called three other men.
There are films about Rwanda (Hotel Rwanda). Films about Darfur (The Devil Came on Horseback). Films about Bosnia (Quo Vadis, Aida?). But there is no feature-length, globally distributed film about the rape campaigns in Kivu.
If a director filmed Masika’s life accurately, the audience would walk out. They would walk out during the first rape scene. They would walk out during the fistula scenes—the smell implied, though cinema cannot transmit smell. They would walk out because the human attention span is not built for sustained horror. There are films about Rwanda (Hotel Rwanda)
This is where the film becomes unwatchable. Aida?). But there is no feature-length
Then he called three other men.
