The documentation Hail Bitch: misogyny in the digital age is shown in fifteen countries including China, Egypt, Burkina Faso and Iceland.
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Appearances are also planned in India, Turkey, Romania, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Guinea, distributor and producer La Ruelle Films announced on Wednesday.
The film’s presentation, directed by Léa Clermont-Dion and Guylaine Maroist, on February 7 in front of the Vermont State Capitol House of Representatives drew positive attention from overseas audiences.
Since that evening, requests for screenings of the film in the United States have continued to increase.
Recall that Kiah Morris, one of the documentary’s protagonists and a former Vermont State Democratic representative, sat there before being forced to resign after harassment and online threats by members of the extreme LAW.
“We are delighted that the film will be shown in all of these countries. It’s incredible that it’s being asked for in places like China or Burkina Faso where human rights are at risk. Obviously we put our finger on a universal problem,” Léa Clermont-Dion and Guylaine Maroist said in a press release.
In Quebec, the team is still actively pressuring the provincial and federal governments to take concrete action on the Stop Cyber Violence petition tabled December 6 in the National Assembly.
For its part, Rights & Democracy Vermont continued its petition along the same lines, calling on elected officials to take concrete action to prevent cyber violence in the United States.