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Release Date:
March 27, 2025
Original Title:
Blauwe ballen en andere verkrachtingsmythes
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Tomtit Film
VPRO
Production Countries:
Netherlands
Ratings / Certifications:
NL: 16
Runtime: 71
In personal reflections on her own experiences with sexual violence and in frank conversations with victims and (potential) perpetrators, Sunny Bergman shows how we as a society deal with sexual violence. Research shows that nearly a quarter of women have experienced sexual violence, but this is the tip of the iceberg. Why does rape almost always go unpunished? At the vice and in court we see how people get stuck in a system of 'His word against hers' and 'One witness is not a witness'. The new consent law is a step forward, but what makes the system fail time and time again?
Camera Operator:
Wietger Mosch
Christiaan van Leeuwen
Cinematography:
Sunny Bergman
Color Grading:
Ramon de Jong
Director:
Sunny Bergman
Editor:
Sander Cijsouw
Music:
Tijmen Bergman
Producer:
Monique Busman
Mylene Esmeijer
Indy Kisoen
Sound Mixer:
Huibert Boon
Sound Recordist:
Bram Meindersma
Writer:
Sunny Bergman
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