by FilmInk Staff
After #MeToo broke the cultural silence on gendered violence, survivors swiftly found themselves facing a new kind of silencing and fear as defamation laws became weaponised against women for speaking out.
In the wake of this, international human rights lawyer and free speech defender Jennifer Robinson is fighting for the rights of victims of gender violence to tell their story. In Silenced, Robinson takes audiences inside the courtroom and behind the headlines.
Silenced brings unrivalled access to the women and journalists at the centre of high-profile legal battles across the globe, including Brittany Higgins, Australian former political staffer, survivor and advocate, Catalina Ruiz-Navarro, journalist and co-founder of the feminist magazine Volcánicas, and Amber Heard, Hollywood actor and advocate who found herself at the centre of one of the most high-profile defamation battle in in recent history.
From International Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Selina Miles and Blayke Hoffman, Silenced is a powerful, emotional and urgent documentary.
Production Credits: A Stranger Than Fiction production for Sharmill Films. Major production investment from Screen Australia, in association with Minderoo Pictures and the ABC. Financed with support from Screen NSW, Shark Island Foundation and Soundfirm. Written and directed by Selina Miles. Produced by Blayke Hoffman. Executive Producers: Jennifer Peedom, Sarah Noonan, Jo-Anne McGowan, Jennifer Robinson, Malinda Wink and Shaun Richards. ABC Commissioning Editor: Stephen Oliver. ABC Head of Documentary Specialist: Susie Jones
Image: Silenced: Hollywood actor Amber Heard and human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson. Photo by Getty Images
