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War Zone
March 16, 2005
| Length: | 0:33:34 |
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Program Description:
What does it feel like to be a woman on the street in a cultural environment that does nothing to discourage men from heckling, following, touching or disparaging women in public spaces? Filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West believes that the streets are a war zone for women. Armed with only a video camera she both documents this experience and, by turning and confronting her abusers, reclaims space that was stolen from her. Drawing upon her own experience, as well as that of other women across the country, she demonstrates how women operate in enemy territory when they venture into the public space of the street. Forcing men to confront the motivations for their actions, War Zone lays bare the normally unspoken gender rules of the street where access to women's bodies is regarded as a male right.
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