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Inside the isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia where 8 men were accused of raping more than a hundred women and girls, the horrific crime that inspired the film 'Women Talking' ...
The film “Women Talking” follows eight Mennonite women who struggle over how to respond to continual sexual assaults from the men in their insular religious community.
I covered the attacks on Mennonite women in Bolivia that inspired 'Women Talking.' Here's what I want viewers of the movie to know.
The film “Women Talking" is a remarkable and disturbing tale about women in an isolated religious colony who are faced with a crisis of faith after multiple sexual assaults occur in their community.
Mennonite women offer a helping hand in Vermont “As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers.
Women Talking, nominated for Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars March 12, imagines survivors of sexual violence in a Mennonite community discussing whether to uproot their lives—or stay and fight.
Mennonite Communities. Women Talking takes place in the world of an ultra-conservative Mennonite Community.. Conservative Mennonite Communities are much like the Amish in their eschewing of modern ...
There are approximately 60,000 Low German-speaking Mennonites living in southwestern Ontario, according to a 2024 guide by the Low German Speaking Mennonite Community of Practice in Elgin, St ...