Meet the phenomenal panellists joining our SILENCED preview screenings
SILENCED follows free speech defender Jennifer Robinson’s fight for survivors to tell their stories. We've got some phenomenal speakers lined up for the Q&As.
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Some truly phenomenal panellists have joined the preview Q&A screenings of SILENCED, bringing together people working to support survivors and build a fairer justice system. Check out the full line-up and get your Silenced preview screening tickets here.
We first shared SILENCED when it opened at Sydney Film Festival. As a quick refresh, the film follows international human rights lawyer and free speech defender Jennifer Robinson’s fight for survivors of gender-based violence to tell their stories.
In the wake of #MeToo, survivors who spoke out found themselves facing a new kind of silencing as defamation laws were weaponised by alleged perpetrators. Going inside the courtroom and behind the headlines, SILENCED reveals how the legal system can be used to intimidate, discredit and financially ruin survivors — as well as the journalists who report their stories.
But it’s also a film that goes to the heart of a conversation so many of us are having: how do we better support survivors and build a fairer justice system?
On screen, you’ll meet people at the centre of these battles around the world, including Amber Heard, Brittany Higgins and Colombian journalist Catalina Ruiz-Navarro.
For each preview Q&A, we’ve been working with the filmmaking team and the legends at Sharmill Films to bring together people working on solutions locally and nationally.
Our brilliant line-up of speakers and moderators includes Hannah Ferguson from Cheek Media, Regina Featherstone from the Human Rights Law Centre, Peter Greste from the Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom and Emily Gray from Women’s Legal Service NSW — with many more to come.
We saw SILENCED play to a sold-out audience and standing ovation at Sydney Film Festival. It premiered at Sundance, is screening soon at Melbourne International Film Festival and has already attracted significant media attention:
“An essential, galvanising watch.” — Nikki Baughan, Screen International
“Sundance Doc ‘Silenced’ Tackles the Weaponization of Defamation Cases in the Post-MeToo Era.” — The Hollywood Reporter
“Magnificently hopeful.” — ScreenHub
We’re incredibly excited to share this film — and these conversations — with audiences around Australia.
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