FILM TITLE

Human Rights Film. Backlash: Misogyny In The Digital Age

18+

22nd March 2023 | 07:00 PM
Gulmohar

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Image-Description
Language
English
Duration
78 mins
Director

Léa Clermont-Dion, Guylaine Maroist

Synopsis

The documentary follows four women and one man whose lives have been ransacked by online violence: Laura Boldrini,
the most harassed female politician in Italy; Kiah Morris, an African-American politician
in the state of Vermont who resigned following severe harassment and threats from right-
wing extremists; Marion Séclin, a French YouTuber who received more than 40,000 sexist messages, including rape and death threats; Laurence Gratton, a young teacher in Quebec who was harassed for more than five years by a former colleague; and Glen Canning,the father of Rehtaeh Parsons, a young girl who took her own life after photos of her rape were spread online.