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The Testimony is a film of genre Documentary released in USA on 21 august 2015

The Testimony (2015)

The Testimony
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Released in USA 21 august 2015
Genres Documentary,    Crime
Rating71% 3.5969353.5969353.5969353.5969353.596935

The Testimony is a 2015 American short-documentary film about the military rape in Democratic Republic of the Congo as a result of M23 rebellion fighting. It is directed and shot by Vanessa Block and produced by Block, Steve Tisch, Mitchell Block and Michael Sarnoski. The Testimony was shortlisted with ten other documentaries from 74 entries submitted to the 88th Academy Awards in Documentary Short Subject category. The final five nominations are scheduled to be announced on January 14, 2016.

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The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has cost more lives than any other since World War II. In November 2012, the M23 rebellion drove the Congolese Army out of the Eastern city of Goma. Government soldiers retreated to Minova, where they systematically raped hundreds of their own civilians. The atrocity drew international outrage, the global community promising intervention. The documentary chronicles the largest rape trial in Congo's history, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the lives of its women and the unshakable strength of the human spirit.

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