Event

Brave Miss World

Brave Miss World
Documentary/Israel/USA/92 minutes/2013
Directed by Cecilia Peck
Produced by Inbal Lessner
English/Hebrew/Italian with English subtitles

Israeli beauty queen Linor Abargil was abducted and raped in Milan, Italy two months before being crowned Miss World in 1998. Ten years later, shes ready to talk about it. Now a globe-trotting victims advocate, Linor encourages others to stand against sexual violence by putting an end to their silence. She travels to speak with teens in South Africa, where girls are statistically more likely to be raped than educated. She visits U.S. college campuses where women describe a campus culture that fails to take assaults seriously. From rape crisis centers worldwide, to Hollywoods living rooms, Linor is met with emotional support, but the advocacy work causes her own trauma to resurface.

Score by Oscar winning composer Hans Zimmer.

Q&A with Cecilia Peck & Inbal Lessner moderated by Susan Freudenheim, Executive Editor of the Jewish Journal

In partnership with Jewish World Watch and National Council of Jewish Women