The ABC will premiere Silenced, a new documentary exploring the legal battles facing women and journalists who speak out about gendered violence this December.
Featuring Brittany Higgins, Amber Heard and international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, the film examines how defamation laws are being used against those who speak out and the fight to protect their right to speak out.
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.
Silenced is a Stranger Than Fiction production for Sharmill Films, written and directed by Selina Miles and produced by Blayke Hoffman, with major production investment from Screen Australia, Minderoo Pictures and the ABC.
