While we’ve all been caught up in the buzz of this year’s Academy Awards, deliberating over nominations and who’ll win what, it’s a contender from last year’s event which is now set for a theatrical release in the UK, as we solemnly prepare for Kirby Dick’s unsettling Oscar nominated documentary The Invisible War.
The film makes for a bleak affair, as we investigate the heartbreaking epidemic of rape within the Us military. Predominantly focusing on female soldiers, we look into the lives of various, mentally (and in some cases physically) scarred women, who have been raped by their fellow servicemen, even those in hugely prominent roles. The invisible war of which we explore, so to speak, is that of which the inculpable victims face when attempting to report the incident, as the flawed institution often perpetuates and refuses to deal with the sexual abuse,...
The film makes for a bleak affair, as we investigate the heartbreaking epidemic of rape within the Us military. Predominantly focusing on female soldiers, we look into the lives of various, mentally (and in some cases physically) scarred women, who have been raped by their fellow servicemen, even those in hugely prominent roles. The invisible war of which we explore, so to speak, is that of which the inculpable victims face when attempting to report the incident, as the flawed institution often perpetuates and refuses to deal with the sexual abuse,...
- 3/10/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chicago – It was a night to celebrate film, filmmakers, movie stars and the Chicago “school” of film criticism. The annual Chicago Film Critics Awards took place on February 9th in front of a packed house at the Muvico Theater in Rosemont, Ill. Mark DeCarlo of “Windy City Live” was the host, and celebrity appearances included Jane Lynch, Paul Sorvino, Joe Piscopo, Nadine Velaquez and Regina Taylor.
Also in the house were the members of the Chicago Film Critics Association (Cfca), including Adam Fendelman, Brian Tallerico, Patrick McDonald and Matt Fagerholm of HollywoodChicago.com. The awards show highlighted the best of the 2012 film year as determined by the Cfca in earlier balloting, and saluted the stars and filmmakers who contribute to the industry. Chicago’s own Jane Lynch received the “Comedia Extraordinaire” award, Actor Paul Sorvino took home the “Commitment to the Craft” honor, Producers Robert Teitel and George Tillman Jr....
Also in the house were the members of the Chicago Film Critics Association (Cfca), including Adam Fendelman, Brian Tallerico, Patrick McDonald and Matt Fagerholm of HollywoodChicago.com. The awards show highlighted the best of the 2012 film year as determined by the Cfca in earlier balloting, and saluted the stars and filmmakers who contribute to the industry. Chicago’s own Jane Lynch received the “Comedia Extraordinaire” award, Actor Paul Sorvino took home the “Commitment to the Craft” honor, Producers Robert Teitel and George Tillman Jr....
- 2/13/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – There have been a lot of good movies in 2012 but very few truly stellar ones. Near the top of the list when people ask me what I consider the best films of 2012 is the year’s best documentary, Kirby Dick’s stunning “The Invisible War,” a film that says so much about where we are as a nation. It both reveals a horrible, shameful part of our country’s military and the heroic people trying to stop it. It’s now on DVD and it’s truly a must-see.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
No film has moved me in 2012 like Dick’s expose about the startling state of being a female soldier in the U.S. Military. Far too many young women who have volunteered to put themselves in harm’s way to protect our way of life are not being protected themselves. That is something that should shame anyone with the power to fix it.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
No film has moved me in 2012 like Dick’s expose about the startling state of being a female soldier in the U.S. Military. Far too many young women who have volunteered to put themselves in harm’s way to protect our way of life are not being protected themselves. That is something that should shame anyone with the power to fix it.
- 10/30/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The groundbreaking film The Invisible War exposes the shocking level of sexual abuse against women in the Us military. Its concerns about rape are echoed in the UK
'He hit me across the left side of my face … and my face hurt so bad. He screamed at me and he grabbed my arm and he raped me." Kori Cioca's heartbreaking account of her rape by a commanding officer while serving in the Us Coast Guard is not the most shocking part of her testimony. Following the attack, Cioca was told by her superiors that if she went forward with her case she would be court-martialed for lying; her assailant, who admitted the attack but denied rape, then received just 30 days of base restriction and loss of pay and the Us Department of Defense continues to refuse to pay for the surgery she needs for the nerve damage to her face.
'He hit me across the left side of my face … and my face hurt so bad. He screamed at me and he grabbed my arm and he raped me." Kori Cioca's heartbreaking account of her rape by a commanding officer while serving in the Us Coast Guard is not the most shocking part of her testimony. Following the attack, Cioca was told by her superiors that if she went forward with her case she would be court-martialed for lying; her assailant, who admitted the attack but denied rape, then received just 30 days of base restriction and loss of pay and the Us Department of Defense continues to refuse to pay for the surgery she needs for the nerve damage to her face.
- 10/30/2012
- by Alexandra Topping
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Chicago – A female soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan is less likely to be hit by enemy fire than she is to be sexually assaulted by a fellow soldier. If that doesn’t chill you to the bone and make your blood boil, I don’t want to know you. It’s shameful, disgusting, and infuriating and Kirby Dick’s “The Invisible War” brilliantly brings this under-reported story to the surface in a way that makes it one of the best documentaries of the last several years.
Here’s some more perspective. Over 20% of the women who have volunteered to keep you safe have been sexually assaulted. The numbers from the Department of Defense imply that over 16,000 men and women were assaulted Last Year. And the pain doesn’t come close to ending after the assault. Not only do these women (mostly women, but men are assaulted and profiled in...
Chicago – A female soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan is less likely to be hit by enemy fire than she is to be sexually assaulted by a fellow soldier. If that doesn’t chill you to the bone and make your blood boil, I don’t want to know you. It’s shameful, disgusting, and infuriating and Kirby Dick’s “The Invisible War” brilliantly brings this under-reported story to the surface in a way that makes it one of the best documentaries of the last several years.
Here’s some more perspective. Over 20% of the women who have volunteered to keep you safe have been sexually assaulted. The numbers from the Department of Defense imply that over 16,000 men and women were assaulted Last Year. And the pain doesn’t come close to ending after the assault. Not only do these women (mostly women, but men are assaulted and profiled in...
- 6/27/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Hello hello! We hope you’re in the mood for love, because it’s definitely in the popcorn-and-butter-infused theater air this weekend. From an attempt at arranged marriage to a relationship forged at the moment of the apocalypse to romance in Rome (perhaps the romance capital itself, if you don’t count Paris, and, anyway, Woody Allen’s already been there), there’s a wide range of love stories to choose from. And if you prefer vampire flicks, well then you’ll absolutely adore the monster movie take on American history that’s hitting the cinemas. Either way, sneak champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries past the ticket attendants and enjoy Valentine’s Day, Part Deux!
This weekend, the 16th President of the United States puts an end to slavery and slays the bloodsucking undead in the Tim Burton-produced, Timur Bekmambetov-directed “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith,...
This weekend, the 16th President of the United States puts an end to slavery and slays the bloodsucking undead in the Tim Burton-produced, Timur Bekmambetov-directed “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith,...
- 6/22/2012
- by Emma Bernstein
- The Playlist
Over two decades, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (Twist of Faith) has explored edge territory in sex, art, and philosophy with films like Private Practice: The Story of a Sex Surrogate, Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist, and Derrida, a playful portrait of the impish French poststructuralist thinker riffing on life and language during his tenure in New York City. In recent years, Dick and his producing partner Amy Ziering have zeroed in on institutional power, scrutinizing the hypocrisies and often dangerous doublespeak of powerful, secret-shrouded entities like the MPAA (This Film Is Not Yet Rated) and the Catholic Church (Twist of Faith), as well as closeted Congressional members who use their position to lobby for anti-gay statutes (Outrage). Such concerns find new expression with The Invisible War, a heartbreaking investigation into the systemic rape of servicewomen in the Us military, which won the 2012 Nestor Almendros Award...
- 6/20/2012
- by Damon Smith
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Be all that you can be. The few, the proud...the Marines. Always prepared. Aim high. Those are just some of the slogans used over the years for the various branches of the United States armed forces, and they capture the combination of courage, selflessness and pride of the men and women serving their country. And while we can never doubt their service, there is an ugly problem underneath the surface that has nothing to do with military operations, but rather, with a culture that has fostered and failed to address abuse. Sexual assault is an epidemic in the U.S. military, and Kirby Dick's eye-opening and powerful "The Invisible War" shines a harsh light on the issue, one that reveals that the slow progressive attitude of the armed forces, still has a long, long way to go.
The first point the documentary makes clear is that the statistics...
The first point the documentary makes clear is that the statistics...
- 6/20/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Kirby Dick's The Invisible War has moved the Us secretary of defence, Leon Panetta, to announce changes in policy towards the prosecution of rape in the military
A high-profile documentary about rape in the Us military has helped move the secretary of defence, Leon Panetta, to change a much-maligned policy which critics say helps to protect attackers.
The Invisible War, from Kirby Dick, the Oscar-nominated director of This Film Is Not Yet Rated, screened at the Los Angeles film festival over the weekend and is not due to arrive in cinemas elsewhere in the Us until Friday 22 June. Even so, the film-makers have embarked on a determined effort to screen the movie for members of Congress and staff at the department of defence and the Pentagon.
Among other harrowing stories, the film details the experiences of Kori Cioca, who was serving in the Us coast guard in December 2005 when...
A high-profile documentary about rape in the Us military has helped move the secretary of defence, Leon Panetta, to change a much-maligned policy which critics say helps to protect attackers.
The Invisible War, from Kirby Dick, the Oscar-nominated director of This Film Is Not Yet Rated, screened at the Los Angeles film festival over the weekend and is not due to arrive in cinemas elsewhere in the Us until Friday 22 June. Even so, the film-makers have embarked on a determined effort to screen the movie for members of Congress and staff at the department of defence and the Pentagon.
Among other harrowing stories, the film details the experiences of Kori Cioca, who was serving in the Us coast guard in December 2005 when...
- 6/20/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
For men, combat experience is the leading cause of Ptsd. For women, it's sexual assault. This is the real 'war on women'
A new documentary by director Kirby Dick, The Invisible War, about systemic rape of women in the military and the retaliations and coverups victims face, has won awards in many film festivals, and recently even triggered congressional response. The examples of what happens to women soldiers who are raped in the military are stunning, both in the violence that these often young women face, and in the viciousness they encounter after attacks.
In December 2005, for instance, Kori Cioca was serving in the Us Coast Guard, and was raped by a commanding officer. In the assault, her jaw was broken. When she sought to move forward with her case, her own commanding officer told her that if she pursued the issue, she would face court martial for lying; her assailant,...
A new documentary by director Kirby Dick, The Invisible War, about systemic rape of women in the military and the retaliations and coverups victims face, has won awards in many film festivals, and recently even triggered congressional response. The examples of what happens to women soldiers who are raped in the military are stunning, both in the violence that these often young women face, and in the viciousness they encounter after attacks.
In December 2005, for instance, Kori Cioca was serving in the Us Coast Guard, and was raped by a commanding officer. In the assault, her jaw was broken. When she sought to move forward with her case, her own commanding officer told her that if she pursued the issue, she would face court martial for lying; her assailant,...
- 6/14/2012
- by Naomi Wolf
- The Guardian - Film News
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